Oeneis melissa

Oeneis melissa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Oeneis
Species:	O. melissa
Binomial name
Oeneis melissa (Fabricius, 1775) [1]
Synonyms
Papilio melissaFabricius, 1775 Oeneis beaniiElwes, 1893 Oeneis arcticaGibson, 1920 Oeneis simulansGibson, 1920 Hipparchia semideaSay, 1828 Oeneis eritiosaHarris Oeneis aenoBoisduval Oeneis nigra(Edwards, 1894) Oeneis daisetsuzanaMatsumura, 1926

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 daizetsuzana, Japan

Subspecies

• Oeneis melissa melissa (Newfoundland, Labrador)
• Oeneis melissa also(Boisduval, [1833]) (Polar Urals, Arctic Asia, Taymur, Chukot Peninsula, Kamchatka, Wrangel Island)
• Oeneis melissa orientalisKurentzov, 1970 (eastern Yakutia, Magadan)
• Oeneis melissa daizetsuzanaMatsumura, 1926 (Japan)
• Oeneis melissa semidea(Say, 1828) (New Hampshire)
• Oeneis melissa sempleiHolland, 1931 (Quebec, inner Labrador, Hudson Bay)
• Oeneis melissa assimilisButler, 1868 (Northwest Territories)
• Oeneis melissa gibsoniHolland, 1931 (Alaska, Yukon, northern British Columbia)
• Oeneis melissa beaniiElwes, 1893 (Alberta, British Columbia, Washington, Montana, Wyoming)
• Oeneis melissa lucillaBarnes & McDunnough, 1918
• Oeneis melissa karaeKusnezov, 1925 (polar tundra of northern Siberia)

References

1. "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms