Oeneis uhleri, or Uhler's Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Oeneis uhleri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Oeneis |
Species: | O. uhleri
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Binomial name | |
Oeneis uhleri | |
Synonyms | |
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The larvae feed on various grasses and sedges, including Festuca, Koeleria and Poa species.[2] Fourth-instar larvae overwinter and emerge in spring.
Subspecies
edit- Oeneis uhleri uhleri (Colorado: eastern slope)
- Oeneis uhleri cairnesi Gibson, 1920 (Yukon, north-western Northwest Territories, north-eastern Alaska)
- Oeneis uhleri nahanni Dyar, 1904 (Northwest Territories: Mackenzie Mountains)
- Oeneis uhleri reinthali Brown, 1953 (Colorado: western slope)
- Oeneis uhleri varuna (Edwards, 1882) (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, western Minnesota)
References
edit- ^ "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Species Details: Oeneis uhleri varuna". University of Alberta Museums. E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Retrieved December 26, 2020.