Oeneis macounii
| Macoun's Arctic | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. macounii
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| Binomial name | |
| Oeneis macounii (W.H. Edwards, 1885)[1]
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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[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Oeneis macounii (category) |
- ^ a b c "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b c Oeneis macounii, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ a b Oeneis macounii, Butterflies and Moths of North America
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
Categories:
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies described in 1885
- Oeneis