Species: Oeneis melissa
Melissa Arctic
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Oeneis
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
nordique Mélissa
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Oeneis
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A medium-sized (4.5 cm wingspan) gray butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Not well known reported from Poaceae and Cyperaceae.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-24
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Holarctic. In North America, Alaska to Newfoundland. In the East, extends south to White Mountains of New Hampshire (subspecies semidea); in the West, extends south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado and New Mexico.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)