Oeneis tarpeja

Oeneis tarpeja
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Oeneis
Species:
O. tarpeja
Binomial name
Oeneis tarpeja
(Pallas, 1771)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio tarpeja Pallas, 1771
  • Oeneis tarpeia
  • Oeneis (Protoeneis) tarpeia
  • Papilio celimene Stoll, [1782]
  • Oeneis vacuna Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

Oeneis tarpeja is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Caucasus and Volga region across Kazakhstan and southern Siberia to the Amur region and Mongolia. In Ukraine this species became extirpated in the mid-twentieth century. The habitat consists of steppe-clad plains and foothills.

The wingspan is 45–50 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Poa avena and Festuca ovina.[2]

  1. ^ "Oeneis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Russian Insects