Oeneis elwesi is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found south of the Altai and Sayan Mountains and Mongolia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Oeneis |
| Species: | O. elwesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Oeneis elwesi Staudinger, 1901
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Adults are on wing from May to June.
Subspecies edit
- Oeneis elwesi elwesi (Altai, western Tuva)
- Oeneis elwesi tannuola (south-eastern Tuva (Tannuola Mountains), north-western Mongolia, northern Mongolia)
- Oeneis elwesi ulugchemi (central Tuva (Yenisei River basin))
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