Oeneis melissa, the Melissa Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
The wingspan is 42âÂÂ51 mm.
The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex bigelowii and Carex rupestris.
Subspecies
- Oeneis melissa melissa (Newfoundland, Labrador)
- Oeneis melissa also <small>(Boisduval, [1833])</small> (Polar Urals, Arctic Asia, Taymur, Chukot Peninsula, Kamchatka, Wrangel Island)
- Oeneis melissa orientalis <small>Kurentzov, 1970</small> (eastern Yakutia, Magadan)
- Oeneis melissa daizetsuzana <small>Matsumura, 1926</small> (Japan)
- Oeneis melissa semidea <small>(Say, 1828)</small> (New Hampshire)
- Oeneis melissa semplei <small>Holland, 1931</small> (Quebec, inner Labrador, Hudson Bay)
- Oeneis melissa assimilis <small>Butler, 1868</small> (Northwest Territories)
- Oeneis melissa gibsoni <small>Holland, 1931</small> (Alaska, Yukon, northern British Columbia)
- Oeneis melissa beanii <small>Elwes, 1893</small> (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, Wyoming)
- Oeneis melissa lucilla <small>Barnes & McDunnough, 1918</small>
- Oeneis melissa karae <small>Kusnezov, 1925</small> (polar tundra of northern Siberia)
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