| Macoun's Arctic | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. macounii |
| Binomial name | |
| Oeneis macounii (W.H. Edwards, 1885)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Oeneis macounii, the Canada Arctic[1] or Macoun's Arctic,[2] is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America.
Description
The wingspan is 46 to 65 mm.[2] The wings are bright orange brown with black borders on both wings. There are two black eyespots on each forewing and one on each hindwing.[3]
Similar species
- Great Arctic (O. nevadensis)
- Chryxus Arctic (O. chryxus)[2]
Range and habitat
Occurs from British Columbia to Quebec and south to Minnesota and Michigan.[1] The habitat consists of openings in forests of western jack or lodgepole pine and rocky ridges in spruce forest.[4]
Biology
There is one generation per year with adults on wing from early June to early July. East of south-eastern Manitoba, adults fly in even-numbered years. Westward, they are on wing in odd-numbered years.[3]
Larval foods
Adult foods
References
- 1 2 3 "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- 1 2 3 Oeneis macounii, Butterflies of Canada
- 1 2 Oeneis macounii, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
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