Oeneis bore, the white-veined Arctic or Arctic grayling,[ is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.
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Description
The wingspan is 37 to 49 mm.[ The dorsal view is a dull greyish brown while the females are often tawny. Males have a dark grey node in the centre of the forewing.
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Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[
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O. b. arasaguna Austaut, 1911 – eastern Sayan, Transbaikalia?
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O. b. bore – Arctic Europe, Arctic Siberia
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O. b. edwardsi dos Passos, 1949 – southern Alberta, southern British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
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O. b. fordi dos Passos, 1949 – south western Alaska
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O. b. gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949 – southern Quebec
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O. b. hanburyi Watkins, 1928 – Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia, northern Manitoba
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O. b. mckinleyensis dos Passos, 1949 – Alaska
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O. b. pansa Christoph, 1893 – Yakutia, Magadan
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? O. b. patrushevae Korshunov, 1985 - Siberian tundra
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O. b. taygete Geyer, 1830 – Labrador, northern Quebec – white-veined Arctic
Similar species
Range and habitat
Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across Arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspé Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states.[ Its habitats include grassy alpine slopes, tundra, taiga, and subarctic bogs.]
Larval foods
Sedges (e.g., Carex misandra) and oviposition has been observed on dead leaves of grasses ( Festuca mibra, Festuca brachyphylla, and Festuca vivipara).[
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Adult foods
