Oeneis polixenes

Oeneis polixenes, the Polixenes Arctic[2] or Norique Alpin,[3] 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.

Polixenes Arctic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Oeneis
Species:
O. polixenes
Binomial name
Oeneis polixenes
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio polixenes Fabricius, 1775
  • Oeneis crambis Freyer, 1845
  • Oeneis oeno antonovae Lukhtanov, 1989
  • Chionobas katahdin Newcomb, 1901
  • Hipparchia subhyalina Curtis, 1835
  • Chionobas brucei Edwards, 1891
  • Chionobas peartiae Edwards, 1897

Description

The wingspan is 33–51 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

O. polixenes occurs in northern Canada from coastal Newfoundland to the Yukon.[4]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • 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
  • Philip's Arctic (O. rosovi)
  • White-veined Arctic (O. bore)
  • Melissa Arctic (O. melissa)

References
  1. "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Polixenes Arctic, Butterflies of Canada
  3. Oeneis polixenes, ITIS
  4. Layberry, R.A., P.W. Hall and J.D. Lafontaine. (1998). The Butterflies of Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 280 pp. + color plates.
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