Oeneis jutta

Jutta Arctic
Found in Newfoundland, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Oeneis
Species: O. jutta
Binomial name
Oeneis jutta
(Hübner, [1806-1806])[1]
Subspecies

11 sspp., see text

Synonyms
  • Papilio jutta Hübner, [1805-1806]

The Jutta Arctic or Baltic Grayling (Oeneis jutta) is a species of butterflies in the subfamily Satyrinae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in the north of Europe, the Baltic States, the Urals, Siberia, Northern Kazakhstan, the Russian Far East, Northern Mongolia, Northeastern China, North Korea, and North America (Canada from Newfoundland to British Columbia).[2][3][4] Larvae feed on Carex[3][4] and Eriophorum,[3] possibly also Glyceria, Molinia, and Juncus.[3] Ledum palustre is the preferred nectar plant of the adult butterflies.[3] The species has one generation every one or two years, depending on the location.[3]

Pinned specimen

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Oeneis jutta, Funet.fi
  2. Jutta Arctic (Oeneis jutta) (Hübner, 1806), Butterflies of Canada
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Львовский А.Л., Моргун Д.В. 2007. Булавоусые чешуекрылые Восточной Европы. Москва: КМК. ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4. pp. 378-379.
  4. 1 2 Tolman, Tom & Richard Lewington. 1997. Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Field Guide. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-219992-0.


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