Jutta Arctic

Oeneis jutta

''Oeneis jutta'', the Jutta Arctic or Baltic grayling, is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Satyrinae with a Circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in the north of Europe, the Baltic states, the Urals, Siberia, northern Kazakhstan, the Russian Far East, northern Mongolia, northeastern China, North Korea, and northern North America . Larvae feed on ''Carex'' and ''Eriophorum'', possibly also ''Glyceria'', ''Molinia'', and ''Juncus''. ''Ledum palustre'' is the preferred nectar plant of the adult butterflies. The species has one generation every one or two years, depending on the location.
Jutta Arctic Butterfly Hanging out on Cotton Grass (Eriophorum angustifolium), a Jutta Arctic (Oeneis jutta ssp. ascerta) butterfly at the Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755. Canada,Geotagged,Jutta Arctic,Mer Bleue Conservation Area,Oeneis jutta,Oeneis jutta ascerta,Ontario,Ottawa,Ramsar wetland,Spring,butterfly

Naming

Listed alphabetically:
⤷ ''O. j. akoene'' Belik & Yakovlev, 1998 − Altai, western Tuva
⤷ ''O. j. alaskensis'' Holland, 1900 − Alaska, Yukon, northern British Columbia
⤷ ''O. j. ascerta'' Masters & Sorenson, 1968 − southeastern Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern Michigan, northern Maine, northern New Hampshire
⤷ ''O. j. balderi'' − Newfoundland
⤷ ''O. j. chermocki'' Wyatt, 1965 − western Alberta, southern British Columbia
⤷ ''O. j. harperi'' Chermock, 1969 − northern Manitoba, eastern Northwest Territories
⤷ ''O. j. jutta''
⤷ ''O. j. leussleri'' Bryant, 1935 − western Northwest Territories
⤷ ''O. j. reducta'' McDunnough, 1929
⤷ ''O. j. ridingiana'' F. & R. Chermock, 1940 − southwestern Manitoba, Saskatchewan
⤷ ''O. j. sibirica'' Kurentzov, 1970 − Yakutia, Magadan, Chukot Peninsula

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyNymphalidae
GenusOeneis
SpeciesO. jutta
Photographed in
Canada