Oeneis polixenes

Polixenes Arctic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Oeneis
Species:
O. polixenes
Binomial name
Oeneis polixenes
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio polixenes Fabricius, 1775
  • Oeneis crambis Freyer, 1845
  • Oeneis oeno antonovae Lukhtanov, 1989
  • Chionobas katahdin Newcomb, 1901
  • Hipparchia subhyalina Curtis, 1835
  • Chionobas brucei Edwards, 1891
  • Chionobas peartiae Edwards, 1897

Oeneis polixenes, the Polixenes Arctic[2] or Norique Alpin,[3] is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Satyrinae. It has a Circumpolar distribution occurring in northern parts of North America the Arctic Urals, Kamtchatka, Yakutia, Chukchi Peninsula, and northern Siberia.

Description

The wingspan is 33–51 mm.[2] The dorsal wings are dark grey brown, with orange patches near the wing margins. The upperside of the hindwings are a darker grey medially.[2]

Distribution

O. polixenes occurs in northern Canada from coastal Newfoundland to the Yukon.[4]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • O. p. antonovae Lukhtanov, 1989 – northern Siberia (Gyda Peninsula, Taimyr Peninsula, Wrangel Island)
  • O. p. yukonensis Gibson, 1920 – south western Yukon
  • O. p. beringiana Kurentzov, 1970 – eastern Chukot Region
  • O. p. katahdin (Newcomb, 1901) – Maine (Mt. Katahdin)
  • O. p. luteus Troubridge & Parshall, 1988 – Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Alaska
  • O. p. peartiae (Edwards, 1897) – Baffin
  • O. p. polixenes – Labrador, Quebec
  • O. p. subhyalina (Curtis, 1835) – Arctic Canada
  • O. p. woodi Troubridge & Parshall, 1988 – Arctic coast (Yukon, Alaska)
  • O. p. yukonensis Gibson, 1920 – south western Yukon

Similar species

References

  1. ^ a b "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ a b c Polixenes Arctic, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ^ Oeneis polixenes, ITIS
  4. ^ Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. (1998). The Butterflies of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 280 pp. + color plates.