EREBIA POLARIS
| English name: | Arctic Woodland Alpine. |
| Norwegian name: | Polarringvinge. |
| Auctor: | (Staudinger, 1871) |
| Original description: | as Erebia medusa polaris in Cat. Lep. europ. Faunengeb. (Ed. 2) 1 : 24. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of nominate species: | North Lapland. |
| Worldwide distribution: | North Norway, North Finland and North-west Russia to Ural Mts. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | E.p.polaris. |
| Worldwide subspecies: | E.p.polaris Staudinger, 1871 - N Norway, N Finland, NW Russia. |
| E.p.uralensis Staudinger, 1871 - S Urals. |
E. polaris polaris | |
| Auctor: | Staudingeri, 1871 |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | North Lapland. |
| Distribution in Norway: | In Norway exclusively known from the northernmost region of Finnmark, where it is |
| found only near the Arctic fjords and rivers. | |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | polaris: Polos = pole of the earth. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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EREBIA POLARIS POLARIS |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 173 | FV | Alta | 26-JUN-1999 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♂ |
| 2 | 173 | FV | Alta | 12-JUL-1981 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♂ |
| 3 | 173 | FV | Alta | 12-JUL-1981 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♂ - ventral view |
| 4 | 173 | FV | Alta | 12-JUL-1981 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♀ |
| 5 | 173 | FV | Alta | 27-JUN-1999 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♀ |
| 6 | 173 | FV | Alta | 26-JUN-1999 | Tony Nagypal | TN | ♀ - ventral view |
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