Oeneis polixenes, the Polixenes Arctic or Norique Alpin, is a species of butterfly in the subfamily Satyrinae. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring in northern parts of North America, the Arctic Urals, Kamtchatka, Yakutia, Chukchi Peninsula, and northern Siberia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Polixenes Arctic being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Oeneis
- Species
- Oeneis polixenes
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