Oeneis melissa
Species of butterfly
Oeneis melissa | |
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As Hipparchia semidea by Titian Peale | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Oeneis |
Species: | O. melissa |
Binomial name | |
Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775)[1] | |
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Oeneis melissa, the Melissa Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
The wingspan is 42–51 mm.
The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex bigelowii and Carex rupestris.
Subspecies
- Oeneis melissa melissa (Newfoundland, Labrador)
- Oeneis melissa also (Boisduval, [1833]) (Polar Urals, Arctic Asia, Taymur, Chukot Peninsula, Kamchatka, Wrangel Island)
- Oeneis melissa orientalis Kurentzov, 1970 (eastern Yakutia, Magadan)
- Oeneis melissa daizetsuzana Matsumura, 1926 (Japan)
- Oeneis melissa semidea (Say, 1828) (New Hampshire)
- Oeneis melissa semplei Holland, 1931 (Quebec, inner Labrador, Hudson Bay)
- Oeneis melissa assimilis Butler, 1868 (Northwest Territories)
- Oeneis melissa gibsoni Holland, 1931 (Alaska, Yukon, northern British Columbia)
- Oeneis melissa beanii Elwes, 1893 (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, Wyoming)
- Oeneis melissa lucilla Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
- Oeneis melissa karae Kusnezov, 1925 (polar tundra of northern Siberia)
References
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- ^ "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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