Jutta Arctic
(Oeneis jutta)
Satyrs and Wood-nymphs
Appearance: A medium size gray-brown species. Above, forewing with pale orange submarginal band containing 1 to 4 black spots; hindwing with submarginal orange band containing 1 or 2 black spots. Below, hindwing uniformly mottled gray-brown; forewing has 1 to 3 submarginal eye spots on a pale orange band.
Wingspan: Medium; 1 7/8 to 2 5/16 inches.
Habitat: Spruce and tamarack bogs, wet tundra, and lodgepole pine forests.
Flight Times: mid-July to early August; one brood, biennial in some areas.
Larval Foodplant: Sedges.
Did You Know…
Reported sightings of this species along the Colorado Front Range are quite rare.
