Oeneis bore

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White-veined Arctic
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O. bore
Binomial name
Oeneis bore
(Schneider, 1792)[1]
Subspecies

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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

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The White-veined Arctic or Arctic Grayling[1] (Oeneis bore) is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.

Description

The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm.[2] 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.[1]

  • O. b. arasaguna Austaut, 1911 – E.Sayan, Transbaikalia?
  • O. b. bore – Arctic Europe, Arctic Siberia
  • O. b. edwardsi dos Passos, 1949 – S.Alberta, S.British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
  • O. b. fordi dos Passos, 1949 – SW.Alaska
  • O. b. gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949 – S.Quebec
  • O. b. hanburyi Watkins, 1928 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, N.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, N.Quebec White-veined Arctic

Similar species

Range and habitat

Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspe Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states.[2]

Larval foods

Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses (Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara)[2]

Adult foods

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Oeneis bore, funet.fi
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Oeneis bore, Butterflies of Canada