Oeneis polixenes

Oeneis polixenes, the Polixenes Arctic[2] or Norique Alpin,[3] 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.

[2] The dorsal wings are dark grey brown, with orange patches near the wing margins.

The upperside of the hindwings are a darker grey medially.

[2] O. polixenes occurs in northern Canada from coastal Newfoundland to the Yukon.