Oeneis magna

Oeneis magna is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Ludwig Carl Friedrich Graeser in 1888. It is found from the Altai Mountains to southern Siberia and the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China and Korea.[1] The habitat consists of sparse woodlands and mountain tundras.

Oeneis magna
Oeneis magna dubia male, figure 6
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Oeneis
Species:
O. magna
Binomial name
Oeneis magna
Graeser, 1888
Synonyms
  • Oeneis transbaicalica Kurentzov, 1970
  • Oeneis mongolica Kurentzov, 1970
  • Oeneis judini Korshunov, 1988
  • Oeneis dubia Elwes, 1899
  • Oeneis staudingeri Austaut, 1909

Adults are on wing from May to July.

The larvae feed on Carex species.[2]

Subspecies
  • Oeneis magna magna (southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, southern Yakutia, Amur, Sikhote-Alin, Shantar Island, north-eastern China: Manchuria, north-eastern Mongolia)
  • Oeneis magna dubia Elwes, 1899 (Altai, Sayan, western Tuva, western Mongolia)
  • Oeneis magna eltgoli Yakovlev, 2006
  • Oeneis magna kamtschatica Kurentzov, 1970 (Kamchatka)
  • Oeneis magna kurentzovi Murayama, 1973 (eastern Tuva, eastern Sayan, northern Mongolia)
  • Oeneis magna magadanica Kurentzov, 1970 (Yakutia, Magadan, Chukot Peninsula)
  • Oeneis magna pupavkini Korshunov, 1995 (Polar Ural, north-western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk region)
  • Oeneis magna uchangi Im, 1988 (Korea)

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


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