Oeneis polixenes
Species of butterfly
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. polixenes |
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Description
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)