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Arctics
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...
35 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Chryxus Arctic
speciesOeneis chryxus
Jutta Arctic
speciesOeneis jutta
Great Arctic
speciesOeneis nevadensis
Uhler's Arctic
speciesOeneis uhleri
White-veined Arctic
speciesOeneis bore
Melissa Arctic
speciesOeneis melissa
Macoun's Arctic
speciesOeneis macounii
Alberta Arctic
speciesOeneis alberta
Alpine Grayling
speciesOeneis glacialis
Ridings' Satyr
speciesOeneis ridingsii
Polixenes Arctic
speciesOeneis polixenes
Oeneis tarpeia
speciesOeneis tarpeia
Norse Greyling
speciesOeneis norna
Sentinel Arctic
speciesOeneis alpina
Oeneis magna
speciesOeneis magna
Oeneis mongolica
speciesOeneis mongolica
Oeneis urda
speciesOeneis urda
Oeneis nanna
speciesOeneis nanna
Philip's Arctic
speciesOeneis philipi
Oeneis buddha
speciesOeneis buddha
Oeneis sculda
speciesOeneis sculda
Oeneis altaica
speciesOeneis altaica
Oeneis diluta
speciesOeneis diluta
Oeneis tanana
speciesOeneis tanana
Oeneis hora
speciesOeneis hora
Oeneis lederi
speciesOeneis lederi
Oeneis aktashi
speciesOeneis aktashi
Oeneis ammosovi
speciesOeneis ammosovi
Oeneis elwesi
speciesOeneis elwesi
Oeneis oeno
speciesOeneis oeno
Oeneis ammon
speciesOeneis ammon
Oeneis fulla
speciesOeneis fulla
Oeneis pansa
speciesOeneis pansa
Oeneis actaeoides
speciesOeneis actaeoides
Oeneis tunga
speciesOeneis tunga
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90424.