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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Satyrs, Morphos and Owls (Satyrinae) » Alpines, Arctics, Nymphs and Satyrs (Satyrini) » Arctics (Oeneis) » Melissa Arctic - Hodges#4612 (Oeneis melissa)
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Lepidopt... - Oeneis melissa
Copyright © 2014 Jukka Jantunen

Lepidopt... - Oeneis melissa
Milne Inlet, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
July 17, 2013
Size: 3cm
Regrettably poor image, hopefully good enough to allow "it" to be ID'd
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Contributed by Jukka Jantunen on 12 July, 2014 - 2:29am
Last updated 15 November, 2014 - 12:34am

Moved
Moved from Arctics.
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According to the Scott's Butterflies of North America, there are 3 species of Oeneis on Baffin Island. O. melissa, O. polixenes and O. bore. This one looks like O. melissa.
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