Oeneis macounii

Oeneis macounii
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
Binomial name
Oeneis macounii
Synonyms
  • Chionabas macounii W.H. Edwards, 1885

Oeneis macounii, the Canada Arctic[1] or Macoun's Arctic,[2] is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America.

Description

The wingspan is 46 to 65 mm.[2][3]

Similar species

Range and habitat

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

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

Adult foods

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b c Oeneis macounii, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ^ a b Oeneis macounii, Butterflies and Moths of North America
  4. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.