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Oeneis bore

Oeneis bore, the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling, is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.

Description

The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm. The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females are often tawny. Males have a dark grey node in the centre of the forewing.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

  • O. b. arasaguna <small>Austaut, 1911</small> – eastern Sayan, Transbaikalia?
  • O. b. bore – Arctic Europe, Arctic Siberia
  • O. b. edwardsi <small>dos Passos, 1949</small> – southern Alberta, southern British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
  • O. b. fordi <small>dos Passos, 1949</small> – south western Alaska
  • O. b. gaspeensis <small>dos Passos, 1949</small> – southern Quebec
  • O. b. hanburyi <small>Watkins, 1928</small> – Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, northern Manitoba
  • O. b. mckinleyensis <small>dos Passos, 1949</small> – Alaska
  • O. b. pansa <small>Christoph, 1893</small> – Yakutia, Magadan
  • ?O. b. patrushevae <small>Korshunov, 1985</small> - Siberian tundra
  • O. b. taygete <small>Geyer, [1830]</small> – Labrador, northern Quebec – white-veined Arctic

Similar species

Range and habitat

Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across Arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspé Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states. Its habitats include grassy alpine slopes, tundra, taiga, and subarctic bogs.

Larval foods

Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses (Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara).

Adult foods

References