NYMPHALIS ANTIOPA
| English name: | UK: Camberwell Beauty. US: Mourning Cloak. |
| Norwegian name: | Sørgekåpe |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis antiopa in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 476. |
| Syn.: | pompadour (Pollich, 1783) |
| morio (Retzius, 1783) | |
| borealis (Vnukovsky, 1927) | |
| asopos (Fruhstorfer, 1909) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | N. a. antiopa. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Holarctic; temperate belt of Europe, Asia and America from Alaska |
| to Venezuela. |
N. antiopa antiopa | ||
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Syn.: | - - - | |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. | |
| Distribution in Norway: | Widespread in south-east Norway. Few pre-1945 records from West Norway. | |
| North Norway: Nordland and Finnmark only. | ||
| Notes: | A rare species in Norway during the 20th century until late 1980's. | |
| The species had 17 years cycles, gradually building up from being virtually | ||
| non-existent to be common, and then returning to being extremely rare. | ||
| Since the late 1980's it has been a fairly common species in southeast Norway. | ||
| More often seen after hibernation in the spring than in the autumn. | ||
| Described forms found in Norway: | none | |
| Etymology: | antiopa: Antiope was wife of Lycus, king of Thebes.. |
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NYMPHALIS ANTIOPA ANTIOPA |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 28 | BØ | Hurum | 17-SEP-1995 | |
| 2 | 19 | V | Larvik | 03-MAY-1997 | ventral view |
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