Adult, underside.
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| Oeneis melissa | (Fabricius, 1775) |
TL: [Canada, Labrador]
Habitat
- Screes
- Tundra
42-51 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishMelissa Arctic 
FrançaisNordique mélissa 
РусскийБархатница Мелисса 
日本語ダイセツタカネヒカゲ
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cyperaceae Carex bigelowii Bigelow's sedge Cyperaceae Carex rupestris Curly sedge Poaceae Deschampsia Hair-grass
- Subspecies
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Species Author Oeneis (Oeneis) melissa daisetsuzana Matsumura, 1926 Oeneis (Oeneis) melissa melissa (Fabricius, 1775)
- Oeneis (Oeneis) melissa is a member of the clade Oeneis jutta:
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Species Author Oeneis (Oeneis) jutta (Hübner, 1806) Oeneis (Oeneis) magna Graeser, 1888 Oeneis (Oeneis) melissa (Fabricius, 1775) Oeneis (Protoeneis) fulla (Eversmann, 1851) Oeneis (Protoeneis) tunga Staudinger, 1894
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterflies and Moths of North America Butterflies of America A.Warren, K.Davis, M.Stangeland Butterflies of Canada 
Lepiforum e. V. North American Moth Photographers Group Russian insects Ilya Osipov
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