Oeneis urda

Oeneis urda is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Eduard Friedrich Eversmann in 1847. It is found from Russia (northern Altai, southern Siberia, Transbaikal, Amur, Primorye, Yakutia) to northern Mongolia, north-eastern China and Korea.[1] The habitat consists of steppe-clad slopes.

Oeneis urda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Oeneis
Species:
O. urda
Binomial name
Oeneis urda
(Eversmann, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Hipparchia urda Eversmann, 1847
  • Oeneis umbra Staudinger, 1892
  • Oeneis coriacea Setiz, 1909
  • Oeneis banghaasi Austaut, 1908
  • Oeneis albidior Austaut, 1908
  • Oeneis laeta Austaut, 1908

Adults are on wing from June to July.[2]

Subspecies
  • Oeneis urda urda (northern Altai, southern Siberia, Transbaikal, Amur, Primorye, Yakutia, northern Mongolia, north-eastern China)
  • Oeneis urda monteviri Bryk, 1946 (North Korea)
  • Oeneis urda tschiliensis O. Bang-Haas, 1933 (north-eastern China: Jilin)

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


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