Oeneis melissa: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Oeneis
- Species
- Oeneis melissa
- Scientific Name
- Oeneis melissa
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oeneis melissa
Oeneis melissa, the Melissa Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
The wingspan is 42–51 mm.
The larvae feed on various sedges, including Carex bigelowii and Carex rupestris.
...Oeneis melissa in languages:
- Dutch
- Bergtoendravlinder
- English
- Melissa Arctic
- French
- nordique Mélissa
- Japanese
- ダイセツタカネヒカゲ
- Russian
- бархатница Мелисса
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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































































































































































