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Oeneis uhleri (Uhler's Arctic)

Synonyms: Chionobas uhleri; Oeneis dennisi; Oeneis obscura (heterotypic); Oeneis uhleri varuna; Oeneis varuna

Wikipedia Abstract

Oeneis uhleri, Uhler's Arctic, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in north-eastern Alaska, Yukon and the western Northwest Territories and from central Alberta south through the Rocky Mountains to northern New Mexico and east through the Canadian prairie provinces to western Minnesota. The habitat consists of slopes in dry, open bunchgrass areas, as well as tundra and openings in pine forests.
View Wikipedia Record: Oeneis uhleri

Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.575 inches (.04 m)

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Geranium caespitosum (pineywoods geranium)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0