HESPERIA COMMA
| English name: | UK: Silver-spotted Skipper. |
| US: Holarctic Grass Skipper, Common Branded Skipper. | |
| Norwegian name: | Kommasmyger. |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Plebejus comma in Syst. Nat. (Edn. 10) I : 484. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Morocco, Algeria, Europe and temperate belt of Asia to South-west China, |
| Amur, Chukot Peninsula, North-west America. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | H.c.comma, H.c.catena. |
| Worldwide subspecies: | H.c.comma (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe, Asia. |
| H.c.catena Staudinger - mountains of southern Scandinavia and northern Fennoscandia. | |
| H.c.pallida Staudinger, 1901 - Lebanon to highland of Armenia. | |
| H.c.mixta Alphéraky, 1881 - Tian-Shan Mts. | |
| H.c.shandura Evans, 1949 - Chitral. | |
| H.c.lena Korshunov & P.Gorbunov, 1995 - Siberia; Yakutia to Chukot Peninsula. | |
| H.c.planula Korshunov, 1995 - West Siberia. | |
| H.c.sachalinensis Matsumura, 1933 - Central Sakhalin Is.. | |
| H.c.sushkini Korshunov, 1995 - Altai, Sayan, North Baikal. | |
| H.c.laurentina (Lyman) - SE Manitoba - NE Minnesota - New Brunswich - Maine. | |
| H.c.manitoba (Scudder, 1874) - Alaska - N Manitoba - Labrador - California - Rocky Mts. - SW Colorado. | |
| H.c.assiniboia (Lyman, 1892) - SW Manitoba - E-C British Columbia - SD. | |
| H.c.oroplata - S-C Colorado, NE New Mexico. | |
| H.c.susanae Miller - New Mexico, Arizona. | |
| H.c.harpalus (Edwards) - Great Basin. | |
| H.c.yosemite Leussler - Sierra Nevada, S California. | |
| Notes: | The following North American subspecies were mentioned by Howe |
| (1975), but not by Scott (1986): borealis Lindsey, leussleri Lindsey, | |
| tildeni Freeman, dodgei (Bell), oregonia (Edwards), hulbirti Lindsey, | |
| ochracea Lindsey, colorado (Scudder). |
H. comma comma | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio comma in Syst. Nat.(Edn. 10) 1:484 |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Lowlands of South Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | comma = chip, piece, clause, fragment. |
H. comma catena | |
| Auctor: | Staudinger, 1861 |
| Original description: | as Hesperia comma v. Catena in Stett. Ent. Z. 22:357.. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Lappland. |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway above the timber line (1000 m). In North Norway (Troms and Finnmark |
| only) even down to sea-level. | |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | catena = chain (Latin). |
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HESPERIA COMMA from South Norway |
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H. comma comma: specimens 1-2, 4-6, 9-12. |
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H. comma catena: specimens 3, 7-8. |
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Specimen |
EIS | Region |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
in coll. |
Remarks |
|
1 |
28 |
AK |
Oslo |
Lauritz Martin Esmark |
ZMO |
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2 |
6 |
AAY |
Tvedestrand |
20-VII-1873 |
Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider |
ZMO |
|
|
3 |
71 |
ON |
Dovre |
-VII-1877 |
Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen |
ZMO |
|
|
4 |
45 |
OS |
Søndre Land |
Johan Heinrich Spalckh Siebke |
ZMO |
||
|
5 |
53 |
OS |
Nord-Aurdal |
Johan Heinrich Spalckh Siebke |
ZMO |
||
|
6 |
28 |
BØ |
Modum |
-VIII-1889 |
Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen |
ZMO |
ventral view |
|
7 |
61 |
ON |
Lom |
31-VII-1885 |
Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen |
ZMO |
|
|
8 |
79 |
STI |
Oppdal |
06-VII-1933 |
Fritz Jensen |
ZMO |
|
|
9 |
28 |
AK |
Oslo |
Johan Heinrich Spalckh Siebke |
ZMO |
ventral view | |
|
10 |
43 |
BV |
Hol |
14-VII-1912 |
Karl Haanshus |
ZMO |
|
|
11 |
19 |
Ø |
Onsøy |
30-VII-1989 |
Øistein Berg |
ZMO |
|
|
12 |
43 |
BV |
Hol |
09-VII-1912 |
Karl Haanshus |
ZMO |
ventral view |
|
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HESPERIA COMMA CATENA from North Norway |
|
Specimen |
EIS | Region |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
in coll. |
Remarks |
|
1 |
|
FV |
Alta |
Staudinger |
ZMO |
Holotype ? | |
|
2 |
173 |
FV |
Alta |
14-VII-1924 |
Emil Barca |
ZMO |
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|
3 |
147 |
TRI |
Målselv |
10-VII-1895 |
Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider |
ZMO |
|
|
4 |
172 |
FV |
Alta |
|
Embrik Strand |
ZMO |
|
|
5 |
165 |
FV |
Alta |
25-VII-1924 |
Emil Barca |
ZMO |
|
|
6 |
173 |
FV |
Alta |
|
Embrik Strand |
ZMO |
ventral view |
|
7 |
154 |
TRI |
Balsfjord |
25-VI-1930 |
Fritz Jensen |
ZMO |
ventral view |
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HESPERIA COMMA from South Norway |
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Specimen |
EIS | Region |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
in coll. |
Remarks |
|
1 |
79 |
STI |
Oppdal |
07-VIII-1996 |
Magnus N. Bj. |
MNB |
ssp. catena, elevation 950 m |
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2 |
51 |
SFI |
Lærdal |
04-VIII-1996 |
Magnus N. Bj. |
MNB |
ssp. comma |
|
3 |
28 |
BØ |
Nedre Eiker |
15-VIII-2001 |
Tony Nagypal |
TN |
ssp. comma |
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