Oeneis bore

White-veined Arctic
	Oeneis bore pansa figure 4
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Oeneis
Species:	O. bore
Binomial name
	Oeneis bore; (Schneider, 1792)
Subspecies
	See text
Synonyms
	Papilio bore Schneider, 1792; Oeneis norna bore Hübner, 1825 ; Oeneis verdanda Staudinger, 1898; Oeneis semidea var. pansa Christoph, 1893; Oeneis arasaguna Austaut, 1911; Oeneis mckinleyensis dos Passos, 1949; Oeneis taygete Geyer, [1830]; Oeneis bootes Boisduval, 1832; Oeneis taygete gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949; Oeneis taygete fordi dos Passos, 1949; Oeneis taygete edwardsi dos Passos, 1949; Oeneis patrushevae Korshunov, 1985 ;

Oeneis bore, the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling,^[2] is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.

Description

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.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[2]

O. b. arasaguna Austaut, 1911 – eastern Sayan, Transbaikalia?
O. b. bore – Arctic Europe, Arctic Siberia
O. b. edwardsi dos Passos, 1949 – southern Alberta, southern British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
O. b. fordi dos Passos, 1949 – south western Alaska
O. b. gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949 – southern Quebec
O. b. hanburyi Watkins, 1928 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, northern Manitoba
O. b. mckinleyensis dos Passos, 1949 – Alaska
O. b. pansa Christoph, 1893 – Yakutia, Magadan
?O. b. patrushevae Korshunov, 1985 - Siberian tundra
O. b. taygete Geyer, [1830] – Labrador, northern Quebec – white-veined Arctic

Similar species

Melissa Arctic (O. mellisa)
Polixenes Arctic (O. polixenes)^[3]

Range and habitat

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]

Larval foods

Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses (Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara).^[3]

Adult foods

Nectar

References

^ "European Red List of Butterflies" (PDF). p. 38.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Oeneis bore, Butterflies of Canada
^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

[1] "European Red List of Butterflies" (PDF). p. 38.

[funet-2] "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[CBIF-3] Oeneis bore, Butterflies of Canada

[4] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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