Oeneis elwesi

Updated on Dec 28, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Oeneis elwesi		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Oeneis Rank Species
Similar Erebia kindermanni, Carabus gebleri, Celastrina filipjevi, Parnassius felderi, Omias verruca

Oeneis elwesi is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found south of the Altai and Sayan Mountains and Mongolia.

Adults are on wing from May to June.

Subspecies

Oeneis elwesi elwesi (Altai, western Tuva)

Oeneis elwesi tannuola (south-eastern Tuva (Tannuola Mountains), north-western Mongolia, northern Mongolia)

Oeneis elwesi ulugchemi (central Tuva (Yenisei R. basin))

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