Polixenes Arctic | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Oeneis |
Species: | O. polixenes
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Binomial name | |
Oeneis polixenes | |
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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.
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]
O. polixenes occurs in northern Canada from coastal Newfoundland to the Yukon. [4]
Listed alphabetically: [1]