Oeneis macounii
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Species of butterfly
| Oeneis macounii | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| 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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Oeneis macounii, the Canada Arctic[1] or Macoun's Arctic,[2] is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America.
Description
[edit ]The wingspan is 46 to 65 mm.[2] [3]
Similar species
[edit ]- Great Arctic (O. nevadensis)
- Chryxus Arctic (O. chryxus)[2]
Range and habitat
[edit ]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]
Biology
[edit ]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]
Larval foods
[edit ]Adult foods
[edit ]References
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- ^ a b c "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b c Oeneis macounii, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ a b Oeneis macounii, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022年02月20日.