Oeneis rosovi

Oeneis rosovi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Oeneis
Species:
O. rosovi
Binomial name
Oeneis rosovi
Kurentzov, 1970[1]
Synonyms
  • Oeneis norna rosovi

Oeneis rosovi, the Philip's Arctic[2] or early Arctic,[1] is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Satyrinae. It occurs in Siberia and the northern parts of North America.

Description

The wing span of O. rosovi is 42 to 52 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

Oeneis rosovi occurs in northern British Columbia, in central Yukon, at Inuvik, Northwest Territories, and westward through Alaska to eastern Siberia.[3]

Similar species

Polixenes Arctic (O. polixenes)

References

  1. ^ a b Oeneis rosovi, ITIS
  2. ^ a b c Philip's Arctic, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ^ Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. (1998). The Butterflies of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 280 pp. + color plates.