OENEIS BORE
| English name: | Arctic Grayling. |
| Norwegian name: | Vidderingvinge. |
| Auctor: | (Schneider, 1792) |
| Original description: | as Papilio bore in Neust. Mag. ent. Stralsund : 415 |
| Syn.: | crambis Freyer, 1845 |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Lapland. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Arctic parts of Europe, Siberia, Chukot Peninsula, Kamchatka and North America. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | O.b.bore. |
| Worldwide subspecies: | O.b.bore (Schneider, 1792) - Arctic Europe. |
| O.b.patrushevae Korshunov, 1985 - Tundras of Siberia. | |
| O.b.ammon Elwes, 1899 - Altai, Sayan, Tuva, Mongolia. | |
| O.b.pansa Christoph, 1893 - C and E Siberia to Baikal, N Transbaikalia, Bureya, ?Kamchatka. | |
| O.b.mackkinliensis dos Passos, 1949 - Chukot Peninsula, Alaska. | |
| O.b.hanburyi Watkins, 1928 - Coronation Gulf to Hudson Bay. | |
| O.b.taygete Geyer - North Canada, local colonies from Alaska to Labrador and Colorado. |
O. bore bore | |
| Auctor: | (Schneider, 1792) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Lapland. |
| Distribution in Norway: | North Norway; only known from Finnmark; Alta, Karasjok and Sør-Varanger. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | bore: From boreas (Greek) = the north wind. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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OENEIS BORE BORE |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 169 | FØ | Sør-Varanger | ? 1878 | Andreas Bredal Wessel | ZMO | m |
| 2 | 169 | FØ | Sør-Varanger | 19-VI-1966 | Reidar Mehl | ZMO | m |
| 3 | 169 | FØ | Sør-Varanger | 30-VI-1878 | Andreas Bredal Wessel | ZMO | f |
| 4 | 166 | FV | Alta | 26-VI-1924 | Emil Barca | ZMO | f |
| 5 | 169 | FØ | Sør-Varanger | 19-VI-1966 | Reidar Mehl | ZMO | f |
| 6 | 169 | FØ | Sør-Varanger | 30-VI-1878 | Andreas Bredal Wessel | ZMO | f - ventral view |
For further notes, photos and
maps of this species, check out
the Lepidoptera homepage of the Zoological Museum of
Oslo/Norwegian Entomological Society/Skogforsk
(text
in Norwegian).
Butterflies of Norway | Systematic
list of the Norwegian butterflies |
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