LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • OENEIS Hubner, [1819]

    
    

    • Oeneis taygete Geyer, 1830

Oeneis taygete fordi dos Passos, 1949

· TYPE LOCALITY. Labrador [Canada].

· RANGE. Polar regions of America and Siberia.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Chukot Region - ssp. fordi dos Passos, 1949. The taxon O. ammosovi Dubatolov et Korshunov, 1988, described from cent-ral Yakutia, appears to belong to this species.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. The upper belt of shrubby tundra. Flight period: June-July.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. O. alpina: UPS often with yellowish bands and eye-spots; UNS wavy pattern better developed; UNH band outwardly strongly undulate, as a rule.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997