Oeneis polixenes explained
Oeneis polixenes, the Polixenes Arctic[1] or Norique Alpin,[2] 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.[1] The dorsal wings are dark grey brown, with orange patches near the wing margins. The upperside of the hindwings are a darker grey medially.[1]
Distribution
O. polixenes occurs in northern Canada from coastal Newfoundland to the Yukon.[3]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
- 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
Notes and References
- http://www.cbif.gc.ca/eng/species-bank/butterflies-of-canada/polixenes-arctic/?id=1370403265737 Polixenes Arctic
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=188560 Oeneis polixenes
- Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. (1998). The Butterflies of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 280 pp. + color plates.
