Oeneis bore, the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling,[2] is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.
Description
The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm.[3] The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females are often tawny. Males have a dark grey node in the centre of the forewing.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[2]
- O. b. arasaguna Austaut, 1911 – eastern Sayan, Transbaikalia?
- O. b. bore – Arctic Europe, Arctic Siberia
- O. b. edwardsi dos Passos, 1949 – southern Alberta, southern British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
- O. b. fordi dos Passos, 1949 – south western Alaska
- O. b. gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949 – southern Quebec
- O. b. hanburyi Watkins, 1928 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, northern Manitoba
- O. b. mckinleyensis dos Passos, 1949 – Alaska
- O. b. pansa Christoph, 1893 – Yakutia, Magadan
- ?O. b. patrushevae Korshunov, 1985 - Siberian tundra
- O. b. taygete Geyer, [1830] – Labrador, northern Quebec – white-veined Arctic
Similar species
- Melissa Arctic (O. mellisa)
- Polixenes Arctic (O. polixenes)[3]
Range and habitat
Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across Arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspé Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states.[3] Its habitats include grassy alpine slopes, tundra, taiga, and subarctic bogs.[4]
Larval foods
Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses (Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara).[3]
Adult foods
References
- ^ "European Red List of Butterflies" (PDF). p. 38.
- ^ a b c "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b c d Oeneis bore, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.