Oeneis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Oeneis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Oeneis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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. There are no observations from Greenland. The development of most species takes two years.
...Oeneis in languages:
- English
- Arctics
- Estonian
- Rabasilmikud
- Finnish
- kylmänperhoset
- Japanese
- タカネヒカゲ属
- Korean
- 산뱀눈나비속
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Oeneis actaeoides
- Oeneis aktashi
- Oeneis alberta
- Oeneis alpina
- Oeneis altaica
- Oeneis ammon
- Oeneis ammosovi
- Oeneis anna
- Oeneis bore
- Oeneis buddha
- Oeneis chryxus
- Oeneis diluta
- Oeneis elwesi
- Oeneis fulla
- Oeneis glacialis
- Oeneis hora
- Oeneis jutta
- Oeneis lederi
- Oeneis macounii
- Oeneis magna
- Oeneis melissa
- Oeneis mongolica
- Oeneis nanna
- Oeneis nevadensis
- Oeneis norna
- Oeneis oeno
- Oeneis pansa
- Oeneis philipi
- Oeneis polixenes
- Oeneis sculda
- Oeneis tanana
- Oeneis tarpeia
- Oeneis tunga
- Oeneis uhleri
- Oeneis urda






























































































































































