Oeneis macounii

Oeneis macounii, the Canada Arctic[1] or Macoun's Arctic,[2] is a butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae that occurs in North America.

Macoun's Arctic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Oeneis
Species:
O. macounii
Binomial name
Oeneis macounii
Synonyms
  • Chionabas macounii W.H. Edwards, 1885

Description

The wingspan is 46 to 65 mm.[2] The wings are bright orange brown with black borders on both wings. There are two black eyespots on each forewing and one on each hindwing.[3]

Similar species
  • Great Arctic (O. nevadensis)
  • Chryxus Arctic (O. chryxus)[2]

Range and habitat

Occurs from British Columbia to Quebec and south to Minnesota and Michigan.[1] The habitat consists of openings in forests of western jack or lodgepole pine.

Biology

There is one generation per year with adults on wing from early June to early July. East of south-eastern Manitoba, adults fly in even-numbered years. Westward, they are on wing in odd-numbered years.

Larval foods

Adult foods
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References
  1. "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Oeneis macounii, Butterflies of Canada
  3. Oeneis macounii, Butterflies and Moths of North America
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