MELITAEA CINXIA
| English name: | Glanville Fritillary. |
| Norwegian name: | Prikkrutevinge |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis cinxia in Syst. Nat. (Ed. 10) I:480. |
| Syn.: | pilosella (Rottemburg, 1775) |
| delia [(Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775] | |
| abacus (Retzius, 1783) nom. nud. | |
| fulla (Quensel, 1791) | |
| amardea Grum-Grshimailo, 1895 | |
| clarissa Staudinger, 1901 | |
| horvathi Abafi-Aigner, 1906 | |
| kasyi Gross & Ebert, 1975 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Morocco, W. Algeria, Europe, Lebanon, Palaearctic Region to North Kazakhstan, |
| Mongolia NW and NW China. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | M.c.cinxia. |
M. cinxia cinxia | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Restricted to areas around the Oslofjord. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | Cinxia was the godess of marriage (Roman mythology). |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
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MELITAEA CINXIA CINXIA |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 28 | AK | Oslo | 1845 | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m |
| 2 | 18 | TEY | Porsgrunn | 03-VI-1976 | Geir E. E. Søli | ZMO | m |
| 3 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Collett | ZMO | m ventral view | |
| 4 | 28 | AK | Oslo | 1845 | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m |
| 5 | 19 | VE | Borre | 1937 | Jan Kielland | ZMO | f |
| 6 | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | f ventral view | ||||
| 7 | 28 | AK | Ås | 16-VI-1906 | H. Henrichsen | ZMO | f |
| 8 | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | f | ||||
| 9 | 28 | AK | Oslo | 26-VI-1850 | Johan Heinrich Spalckh. Siebke | ZMO | f |
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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list of the Norwegian butterflies |
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