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Melissa Arctic

Oeneis melissa

About

A gray-brown butterfly with subtle orange patches and small blind eyespots. The hindwing underside features dark, bark-like striations for camouflage. It has an erratic, bouncing flight that makes it hard to track.

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Did You Know?

Populations on isolated mountain peaks are considered glacial relicts, stranded since the last Ice Age when the tundra receded northward.