Oeneis bore

White-veined Arctic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Oeneis
Species:	O. bore
Binomial name
Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792)
Subspecies
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Synonyms
Papilio bore Schneider, 1792 Oeneis norna bore Hübner, 1825 Oeneis verdanda Staudinger, 1898 Oeneis semidea var. pansa Christoph, 1893 Oeneis arasaguna Austaut, 1911 Oeneis mckinleyensis dos Passos, 1949 Oeneis taygete Geyer, [1830] Oeneis bootes Boisduval, 1832 Oeneis taygete gaspeensis dos Passos, 1949 Oeneis taygete fordi dos Passos, 1949 Oeneis taygete edwardsi dos Passos, 1949 Oeneis patrushevae Korshunov, 1985

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The white-veined arctic or arctic grayling (Oeneis bore) is a butterfly, a species of Satyrinae that occurs in North America and Asia.

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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Occurs from Lapland and northern Russia and across arctic Canada from Labrador to British Columbia; also found in the Gaspe Peninsula, western Alberta and the US Rocky Mountain states.

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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