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SATYRINAE 2

 Neominois
 

 
 Neominois ridingsii Riding's Satyr

 Not Separable from Neominois ridingsii
 Neominois wyomingo Swale Satyr

 Oeneis
 

 Forewings orange-brown, elongate and pointed
 

 

 Oeneis nevadensis Great Arctic

Male forewing with dark brown scale patch; median band of hindwing below not contrasting with rest of wing; forewing with two spots at most

 

 Oeneis macounii Macoun's Arctic

Male forewing without dark brown scale patch; median band of hindwing below contrasting with rest of wing; forewing above with two spots at most

 

 Oeneis chryxus Chryxus Arctic

Male forewing with dark brown scale patch; median band of hindwing below constrasting with rest of wing; forewing above with more than two spots

 Forewings not orange-brown and not elongate and pointed; spots on upperside of forewing
 

 

 Oeneis uhleri Uhler's Arctic

Not like the other two species in the group

 

 Oeneis alberta Alberta Arctic

Postmedial line on underside of forewing with a sharp angle just before the apical spot; hindwing below with a sharp-edged darker median band

 

 Oeneis jutta Jutta Arctic

Forewing and hindwing above dark brown with incomplete and vague orange bands

 Wings translucent and without spots on the upperside of the forewing
 

 

 Oeneis bore White-veined Arctic

Veins of hindwing below accented with white; browner than polixenes

 

 Oeneis melissa Melissa Arctic

Median band of hindwing below faint or absent

 

 Oeneis polixenes Polixenes Arctic

Veins of hindwing below not accented with white; not as brown as bore

 Oeneis rosovi Philip's Arctic

Hindwing above narrowly black edged and with tiny yellow submarginal points. Found only in Alaska and Yukon.

 Oeneis alpina Sentinel Arctic

Hindwing above with two indistinct eyespots on inner corner of wing. Male with basal two-thirds of hindwing above brown.