White-veined Arctic
Oeneis bore (Esper, 1798)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Identification: Wings are translucent, veins are usually white. Upperside is gray-brown with no eyespots. Underside is light brown; hindwing has a dark median band outlined in white.
Wing Span: 1 7/16 - 1 7/8 inches (3.7 - 4.8 cm).
Life History: To find females, males perch and patrol all day on grassy hillsides or swales. Females lay eggs on dead grass or sedge blades. Two years are required to complete development; the first winter is passed by first-stage caterpillars, the second winter by mature caterpillars.
Flight: One brood in late July.
Caterpillar Hosts: Grasses or sedges.
Adult Food: Occasionally flower nectar.
Habitat: Tundra, grassy alpine slopes, and subarctic bogs.
Range: Holarctic. In North America, high arctic tundra from Alaska east to Labrador. Isolated populations in the alpine Rocky Mountains south to southwest Colorado. Isolated population on Mt. Albert, Quebec.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
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Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 56 verified sightings
Observation date: Jun 16, 2021
Submitted by: dannynelson94
Region: Bethel, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 11, 2023
Observation date: Jun 23, 2019
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 10, 2023
Observation date: Jun 29, 2019
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Valdez-Cordova, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 10, 2023
Observation date: Jun 29, 2019
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Valdez-Cordova, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 09, 2023
Observation date: Jul 18, 2020
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 09, 2023
Observation date: Jul 18, 2020
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 07, 2023
Observation date: Jun 23, 2021
Submitted by: Rick Sinnott
Region: Denali, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 07, 2023
Observation date: Jun 27, 2019
Submitted by: Rick Sinnott
Region: Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 07, 2023
Observation date: Jun 07, 2019
Submitted by: tylerjkrul
Region: Denali, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 07, 2023
Observation date: Jun 02, 2019
Submitted by: RobertWeeden
Region: North Slope, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Paul Prappas
Verified date: Feb 07, 2023
Observation date: Jul 29, 2011
Submitted by: NikkiM
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Mar 18, 2021
Observation date: Jul 18, 2020
Submitted by: jsaunders260
Region: Matanuska-Susitna, Alaska, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Dec 17, 2020
Observation date: Jul 22, 2019
Submitted by: Christian.Nunes
Region: Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Oct 05, 2019
Observation date: Jul 10, 2019
Submitted by: pnesterenko
Region: Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Sep 23, 2019
Observation date: Jun 22, 2018
Submitted by: JKlodzen
Region: North Slope, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Norbert Kondla
Verified date: Nov 24, 2018
Observation date: Jun 23, 2018
Submitted by: Doug Bruce
Region: Nome, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Norbert Kondla
Verified date: Nov 24, 2018
Observation date: Jul 09, 2006
Submitted by: hydapse
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Aug 03, 2018
Observation date: Jul 02, 2016
Submitted by: janazak
Region: Yukon Territory, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 19, 2016
Observation date: Jun 28, 2016
Submitted by: janazak
Region: Yukon Territory, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jul 12, 2016
Observation date: Jun 22, 2016
Submitted by: janazak
Region: Yukon Territory, Canada
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jun 24, 2016
Observation date: Jun 18, 2015
Submitted by: Paul Prappas
Region: North Slope, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Norbert Kondla
Verified date: Jul 10, 2015
Observation date: Jun 23, 2013
Submitted by: corey.husic
Region: Denali, Alaska, United States
Verified by: Norbert Kondla
Verified date: Jul 20, 2013
Observation date: Aug 22, 2011
Submitted by: J_Martineau
Region: Park County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Nov 27, 2011
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: BAMONA
Region:
Verified by: BAMONA
Verified date: Sep 06, 2010
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