Oeneis rosovi
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Oeneis |
Species: | O. rosovi
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Binomial name | |
Oeneis rosovi Kurentzov, 1970[1]
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Oeneis rosovi occurs in northern British Columbia, in central Yukon, at Inuvik, Northwest Territories, and westward through Alaska to eastern Siberia.[3]
Similar species
[edit]Polixenes Arctic (O. polixenes)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Oeneis rosovi, ITIS
- ^ a b c Philip's Arctic, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. (1998). The Butterflies of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 280 pp. + color plates.