Oeneis alberta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Oeneis
- Species
- Oeneis alberta
- Scientific Name
- Oeneis alberta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oeneis alberta
Oeneis alberta, the Alberta Arctic, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Canadian prairie provinces east to southern Manitoba. Isolated populations are found along the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona.
The wingspan is 35–57 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on bunch grass, possibly Festuca species. The species overwinters in the larval stage.
...Oeneis alberta in languages:
- English
- Alberta Arctic
- French
- nordique albertain
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Parent Taxon
Sibling 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



























