Oeneis magna is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Ludwig Carl Friedrich Graeser in 1888. It is found from the Altai Mountains to southern Siberia and the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China and Korea.[1] The habitat consists of sparse woodlands and mountain tundras.
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| Oeneis magna dubia male, figure 6 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. magna
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| Binomial name | |
| Oeneis magna Graeser, 1888
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Adults are on wing from May to July.
Subspecies edit
- Oeneis magna magna (southern Siberia, Transbaikalia, southern Yakutia, Amur, Sikhote-Alin, Shantar Island, north-eastern China: Manchuria, north-eastern Mongolia)
- Oeneis magna dubia Elwes, 1899 (Altai, Sayan, western Tuva, western Mongolia)
- Oeneis magna eltgoli Yakovlev, 2006
- Oeneis magna kamtschatica Kurentzov, 1970 (Kamchatka)
- Oeneis magna kurentzovi Murayama, 1973 (eastern Tuva, eastern Sayan, northern Mongolia)
- Oeneis magna magadanica Kurentzov, 1970 (Yakutia, Magadan, Chukot Peninsula)
- Oeneis magna pupavkini Korshunov, 1995 (Polar Ural, north-western Siberia, Krasnoyarsk region)
- Oeneis magna uchangi Im, 1988 (Korea)
References edit
- ^ "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Russian Insects
- Oeneis magna at Insecta.pro