Butterflies of Manitoba

This is a guide to the butterfly species that regularly occur in Manitoba, Canada. For more information about butterflies in Manitoba, check out the following resources:

The Butterflies of Manitoba by Klassen, Westwood, Preston, and McKillop.

Manitoba Butterflies: A Field Guide ...more ↓

Common Wood-Nymph ¹
Cercyonis pegala

Common Ringlet ²
Coenonympha tullia

Red-disked Alpine
Erebia discoidalis

Common Alpine ³
Erebia epipsodea

Taiga Alpine
Erebia mancinus

Theano Alpine ⁴
Erebia pawloskii

Ross' Alpine ⁵
Erebia rossii

Northern Pearly-eye ⁶
Lethe anthedon

Eyed Brown ⁷
Lethe eurydice

Little Wood Satyr ⁸
Megisto cymela

Ridings' Satyr ⁹
Neominois ridingsii

Alberta Arctic
Oeneis alberta

White-veined Arctic ¹⁰
Oeneis bore

Chryxus Arctic ⁶
Oeneis chryxus

Jutta Arctic ¹¹
Oeneis jutta

Macoun's Arctic ¹²
Oeneis macounii

Melissa Arctic ¹³
Oeneis melissa

Polixenes Arctic
Oeneis polixenes

Uhler's Arctic ¹⁴
Oeneis uhleri

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Butterflies of Manitoba

Common Wood-Nymph 1 Cercyonis pegala

Common Ringlet 2 Coenonympha tullia

Red-disked Alpine Erebia discoidalis

Common Alpine 3 Erebia epipsodea

Taiga Alpine Erebia mancinus

Theano Alpine 4 Erebia pawloskii

Ross' Alpine 5 Erebia rossii

Northern Pearly-eye 6 Lethe anthedon

Eyed Brown 7 Lethe eurydice

Little Wood Satyr 8 Megisto cymela

Ridings' Satyr 9 Neominois ridingsii

Alberta Arctic Oeneis alberta

White-veined Arctic 10 Oeneis bore

Chryxus Arctic 6 Oeneis chryxus

Jutta Arctic 11 Oeneis jutta

Macoun's Arctic 12 Oeneis macounii

Melissa Arctic 13 Oeneis melissa

Polixenes Arctic Oeneis polixenes

Uhler's Arctic 14 Oeneis uhleri