Jutta Arctic
Oeneis jutta (Hübner, [1806])
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Identification: Upperside is gray-brown. Both wings have a broken yellow-orange submarginal band surrounding 2-4 black spots. Underside of hindwing is mottled brown and gray with an obscure median band.
Wing Span: 1 7/8 - 2 5/16 inches (4.8 - 6 cm).
Life History: Males perch on logs and vegetation, and occasionally patrol, to find females. Eggs are scattered near the host plants. In some areas, 2 years are required to complete development; young caterpillars hibernate the first winter, older caterpillars the second.
Flight: One brood from mid-July to early August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Sedges, including cottongrass.
Adult Food: Flower nectar.
Habitat: Wet tundra, spruce bogs, lodgepole pine forest.
Range: Holarctic. In North American subarctic habitats from Alaska east across Canada and the northern Great Lakes to Maine. Isolated populations south in the Rocky Mountains to Colorado.
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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Observation date: May 31, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pfeiffer, Bryan)
Region: Essex County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Pfeiffer, Bryan)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 05, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kriegel, Robert)
Region: Luce County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 01, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Kriegel, Robert)
Region: Chippewa County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 29, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pfeiffer, Bryan)
Region: Essex County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (VBS staff)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 25, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Reinoehl, Jack)
Region: Chippewa County, Michigan, United States
Verified by: Ranger Steve Mueller (Steven J. Mueller)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: Jun 06, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Pfeiffer, Bryan)
Region: Essex County, Vermont, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Pfeiffer, Bryan)
Verified date: May 01, 2011
Observation date: May 21, 2010
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Yohann Racine)
Region: Quebec, Canada
Verified by: Tom Middagh
Verified date: Mar 09, 2011
Observation date: May 31, 2010
Submitted by: anthony.thomas
Region: New Brunswick, Canada
Verified by: anthony.thomas
Verified date: Jan 21, 2011
Observation date: Aug 02, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Jason Martineau)
Region: Washakie County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2010
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Phillip deMaynadier & Reginald Webster)
Region: Piscataquis County, Maine, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Reginald Webster, P.A. Opler)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2010
Observation date: May 30, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Scott Krych)
Region: Cass County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Jun 11, 2008
Observation date: Jul 12, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (George Bumann)
Region: Park County, Montana, United States
Verified by: stevekohler (Steve Kohler)
Verified date: Feb 04, 2008
Observation date: Jul 08, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Gary Lawson)
Region: Carbon County, Montana, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gary Lawson)
Verified date: Feb 04, 2008
Observation date: Jun 22, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (F/P)
Region: Denali, Alaska, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary)
Verified date: Jan 23, 2008
Observation date: May 26, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (JLH)
Region: Fairbanks North Star, Alaska, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary)
Verified date: Jan 23, 2008
Observation date: Jun 24, 1997
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (F/P)
Region: Denali, Alaska, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary)
Verified date: Jan 23, 2008
Observation date: Jun 04, 1999
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (JLH)
Region: Denali, Alaska, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Lepidopterists' Society Season Summary)
Verified date: Jan 23, 2008
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Carlton County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Park County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Pondera County, Montana, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Washakie County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Jefferson County, Montana, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Gunnison County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Daggett County, Utah, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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