Bare, dry tundra hilltops; the adults fly in late June and early July.
Yukon: Known in the Yukon only from the Kluane Ranges, but probably more widespread.
North America: Known only from the Kluane Ranges, and from one site in the Mackenzie Mountains of the Northwest Territories.
Large; the hindwings are reddish with a black band across the outer part. The chocolate brown forewings have only a few white markings. The only similar species in Yukon is the more common Arctic opulenta, which has the hindwing colour reddish withblack spots (rather than a black band) and numerous large white markings on the forewing.
Animal | Insect |
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Insect | Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera) |
Color | black, brown, red, white |