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Oeneis
Alpine Grayling (Oeneis glacialis)
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Oeneis

Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
  • Chionobas Boisduval, [1832]

Oeneis (the arctics or graylings) is a butterfly genus of the Satyrinae. All but one of its members are arctic, subarctic or high-altitude alpine in distribution. Some of the members of the genus are among the butterflies that can get along in the harshest climates of any butterflies. Four species in Europe, more are found in arctic Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, arctic North America and the Rocky Mountains. Curiously, there are no observations from Greenland. The development of most species takes 2 years.

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups.[1]

The jutta species-group:

The norna species-group:

The alpina species-group:

The hora species-group:

The bore species-group:

The tarpeja species-group:

The buddha species-group:

References

  1. ^ Oeneis, funet.fi
  2. ^ Philip's Arctic, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ^ Sentinel Arctic, Butterflies of Canada