Oeneis uhleri
Species of butterfly
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Oeneis uhleri, or Uhler's Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. uhleri |
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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
- 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)