Oeneis

Oeneis (the Arctics or graylings) is a butterfly genus of the Satyrinae. All but one of its members are Arctic, sub-Arctic or high-altitude alpine in distribution. Some of the members of the genus are among the butterflies that can get along in the harshest climates of any butterflies. Four species in Europe, more are found in Arctic Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, Arctic North America and the Rocky Mountains. Curiously, there are no observations from Greenland. The development of most species takes two years.

Oeneis
Alpine grayling (Oeneis glacialis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Subfamily:
Satyrinae
Genus:
Oeneis

Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
  • Chionobas Boisduval, [1832]

Species

Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]

The jutta species group:

  • Oeneis fulla (Eversmann, 1851)
  • Oeneis jutta (Hübner, 1805-1806) – Baltic grayling or Jutta Arctic
  • Oeneis magna (Graeser, 1888)
  • Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775) – Melissa Arctic
  • Oeneis tunga (Staudinger, 1894)

The norna species group:

The alpina species group:

The hora species group:

  • Oeneis aktashi (Lukhtanov, 1984)
  • Oeneis ammosovi (Dubatov & Korshunov, 1988)
  • Oeneis elwesi (Staudinger, 1901)
  • Oeneis hora (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888)
  • Oeneis mulla (Staudinger, 1881)

The bore species group:

  • Oeneis alberta (Elwes, 1893) – Alberta Arctic
  • Oeneis ammon (Elwes, 1899)
  • Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792) – Arctic grayling or white-veined Arctic
  • Oeneis chryxus (Doubleday, 1849) – brown Arctic or chryxus Arctic
  • Oeneis ivallda (Mead, 1878) – California Arctic
  • Oeneis nevadensis (C. & R. Felder, 1866) – great Arctic
  • Oeneis macounii (Edwards, 1885) – Canada Arctic or Macoun's Arctic
  • Oeneis tanana (Warren & Nakahara 2016)

The tarpeja species group:

The buddha species group:

  • Oeneis buddha (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891)
  • Oeneis oeno (Boisduval, 1832)

References
  1. "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Philip's Arctic, Butterflies of Canada
  3. Sentinel Arctic, Butterflies of Canada


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