• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Melissa Arctic
  Français	Nordique mélissa
  Русский	Бархатница Мелисса
  日本語	ダイセツタカネヒカゲ

• Subspecies

• 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:

• 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

• 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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