PARARGE AEGERIA
| English name: | Speckled Wood. |
| Norwegian name: | Flekket ringvinge. |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis aegeria in Syst. Nat. (Edn. 10), I : 473. |
| Syn.: | vulgaris Zeller, 1847 |
| Type locality of nominate species: | South Europe and Mauretania. |
| Worldwide distribution: | NW Africa, Middle East, Europe from Ireland to the Urals and Caucasus. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | P.a.tircis. |
| Etymology: | aegeria: Aegeria or Egeria was a nymph in Greek mythology, said to have given |
| Numa Pompilus his laws. |
P. aegeria tircis | |
| Auctor: | (Godart, 1821) |
| Original description: | as Satyrus tircis in Hist. nat. Lépid. France. 1 : 165. |
| Syn.: | egerides Staudinger, 1871. |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Paris. |
| Distribution in Norway: | SE, S and C Norway. Also known from Møre og Romsdal, W Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | - - - |
| 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 |
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PARARGE AEGERIA TIRCIS |
|
Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 19 | BØ | Hurum | 31-MAY-1997 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♂ |
| 2 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | 03-JUN-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♂ |
| 3 | 28 | BØ | Lier | 14-JUL-1989 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♂ - ventral view |
| 4 | 28 | BØ | Nedre Eiker | 31-MAY-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♀ |
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PARARGE AEGERIA TIRCIS - forma |
|
Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 20 | Ø | Halden | 19-MAY-1993 | Per Tangen | ZMO | dark ♂ |
For further notes, photos and
maps of this species, check out
the Lepidoptera homepage of the Zoological Museum of
Oslo/Norwegian Entomological Society/Skogforsk
(text
in Norwegian).
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