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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. bore
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Oeneis bore | |
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Synonyms | |
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Oeneis bore, the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling, [2] is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.
The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm. [3] The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females are often tawny. Males have a dark grey node in the centre of the forewing.
Listed alphabetically: [2]
Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across Arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspé Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states. [3] Its habitats include grassy alpine slopes, tundra, taiga, and subarctic bogs. [4]
Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses ( Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara). [3]
Oeneis bore | |
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Oeneis bore pansa figure 4 | |
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. bore
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Binomial name | |
Oeneis bore | |
Subspecies | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
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Oeneis bore, the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling, [2] is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.
The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm. [3] The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females are often tawny. Males have a dark grey node in the centre of the forewing.
Listed alphabetically: [2]
Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across Arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspé Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states. [3] Its habitats include grassy alpine slopes, tundra, taiga, and subarctic bogs. [4]
Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses ( Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara). [3]