Oeneis alberta daura (Daura Alberta Arctic)
Taxonomy
- Class: INSECTA
- Order: LEPIDOPTERA
- Family: NYMPHALIDAE
- Genus: Oeneis
- Scientific Name: Oeneis alberta daura (Strecker, 1894)
- Common Name: Daura Alberta Arctic
- Synonyms: Chionobas daura Strecker, 1894 (Strecker, 1894)
Taxonomic Name Source
Pelham, J. P. 2008. A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. Volume 40. 658 pp. Revised 14 February, 2012.
Species Occurrence Data From: Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Agency Conservation Status
- SGCN
- NMDGF:
- USFWS:
- BLM:
- USFS:
- IUCN Red List: Not Evaluated
- Nature Serve Global: T2
- NHNM State: SNR
- NM Endemic NO
Agency Conservation Status
SGCN | NMDGF | USFWS | BLM Status | USFS | IUCN Red List |
Nature Serve Global |
NHNM State | NM Endemic |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Draft SGCN | Not Evaluated | T2 | SNR | NO |
Description
Ferris and Brown (1980) accurately described this species as “reminiscent of a pale, much grayed, miniature edition of O. chryxus.”
Comments. A disjunct colony of Alberta may persist in the Mogollon Mountains (Ca); if so, it would belong to subspecies Oeneis alberta daura (Strecker 1894). Arizona’s Whites Mountains (Apache County) are a reliable place to see this critter.
Description courtesy of Steven J. Cary, Butterflies of New Mexico, 2024