Oeneis macounii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Oeneis |
Species group: | Oeneis (bore) |
Species: | O. macounii
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Binomial name | |
Oeneis macounii (
W.H. Edwards, 1885)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Oeneis macounii, the Canada Arctic [1] or Macoun's Arctic, [2] is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America.
The wingspan is 46 to 65 mm. [2] The wings are bright orange brown with black borders on both wings. There are two black eyespots on each forewing and one on each hindwing. [3]
Occurs from British Columbia to Quebec and south to Minnesota and Michigan. [1] The habitat consists of openings in forests of western jack or lodgepole pine and rocky ridges in spruce forest. [4]
There is one generation per year with adults on wing from early June to early July. East of south-eastern Manitoba, adults fly in even-numbered years. Westward, they are on wing in odd-numbered years. [3]
Oeneis macounii | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Oeneis |
Species group: | Oeneis (bore) |
Species: | O. macounii
|
Binomial name | |
Oeneis macounii (
W.H. Edwards, 1885)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
|
Oeneis macounii, the Canada Arctic [1] or Macoun's Arctic, [2] is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America.
The wingspan is 46 to 65 mm. [2] The wings are bright orange brown with black borders on both wings. There are two black eyespots on each forewing and one on each hindwing. [3]
Occurs from British Columbia to Quebec and south to Minnesota and Michigan. [1] The habitat consists of openings in forests of western jack or lodgepole pine and rocky ridges in spruce forest. [4]
There is one generation per year with adults on wing from early June to early July. East of south-eastern Manitoba, adults fly in even-numbered years. Westward, they are on wing in odd-numbered years. [3]