Butterflies of Norway

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BOLORIA EUNOMIA

 

English name: UK: Bog Fritillary. US: Ocellate Bog Fritillary.
Norwegian name: Ringperlemorvinge
Auctor: (Esper, [1799])
Original description: as Papilio Nimph. phal. Eunomia in Die Schmett. Suppl. 1:94.
Syn.: aphirape (Hübner, [1800])
tomyris (Herbst, 1800)
Type locality of nominate species: Ostpreusen, Königsberg (present Kaliningrad óblast, Russia).
Worldwide distribution: Holarctic: Sporadic in West Europe. From North-east Europe 
across temperate belt of Asia to Mongolia, North-east China,
Sakhalin Is., Alaska, Canada, USA; Michigan, Maine,
Wyoming, Colorado.
Subspecies in Norway: B.e.subargentata, B.e.ossianus, B.e.montana.
Etymology: Eunomia was daughter of Zeus, king of the Greek gods.

 

B. eunomia subargentata

Auctor: (Björn Petersen, 1947)
Original description: as Argynnis aphirape subargentata in Die Geographische Varition einiger
Fennoskandischer Lepidopteren, Zool. Bidrag. Upps., 26: 387-390.
Syn.: --
Type locality of subspecies: Mörkmossen, Film, Uppland, Sweden.
Distribution in Norway: South Norway.
Notes: - - -
Described forms found in Norway: - - -
Etymology: subargentata = less than silver (sub = under. argentatus=silver).

 

B. eunomia ossianus

Auctor: (Herbst, 1800)
Original description: as Papilio ossianus in Natursyst. Insect. Schmett., 10:98,270.
Syn.: isabella (Tengström, 1869)
Type locality of subspecies: Lappland, Sweden.
Distribution in Norway: Mountains of South Norway, (?Telemark, ?Møre og Romsdal) and North Norway.
Notes: - - -
Described forms found in Norway: - - -
Etymology: ossianus: osseus (Latin) = bone, bony.

 

B. eunomia montana

Auctor: (Björn Petersen, 1947)
Original description: as Argynnis aphirape montana in Die Geographische Varition einiger
Fennoskandischer Lepidopteren, Zool. Bidrag. Upps., 26: 387-390.
Syn.: --
Type locality of subspecies: Abisko, Sweden.
Distribution in Norway: Lower altitudes of mountains of Central and northern North Norway.
Notes: - - -
Described forms found in Norway: - - -
Etymology: montana = pertaining to mountains, of mountains.



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BOLORIA  EUNOMIA

Specimen EIS Region Kommune Coll. date Legit In coll. Remarks
1 102 NTI Snåsa 10-VII-1884 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO ssp. montana
2 37 HES Sør-Odal 25-VI-1885 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO ssp. ossianus
3 154 TRI Målselv 17-VI-1897 Karl Hanshuus ZMO ssp. montana
4 29 Ø Marker 09-VI-1993 Per Tangen ZMO ssp. subargentata
5 28 HES Eidskog 09-VI-1978 Geir E. E. Søli ZMO ssp. subargentata
6 27 BØ Flesberg 23-VI-1992 Sigmund K. Hansen ZMO ssp. ossianus
7 71 ON Vågå VII-1909 W. Christie ZMO ssp. ossianus
8   TE "Telemarken" 1881 ex coll
Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen		 ZMO ssp. ossianus
9 18 TEY Skien 15-VII-1976 Geir E. E. Søli ZMO ssp. subargentata




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BOLORIA  EUNOMIA

Specimen EIS Region Kommune Coll. date Legit In coll. Remarks
1 71 ON Dombås 16-VII-1877 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO ssp. subargentata
2 71 ON Dombås 16-VII-1877 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO ssp. subargentata
3 52 ON Øystre Slidre 02-VII-1943 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. ossianus
4 52 ON Øystre Slidre 01-VII-1943 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. ossianus
5 79 MRI Sunndal 03-VII-1942 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. ossianus
6 36 AK Oslo 22-VI-1949 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. subargentata
7 52 ON Øystre Slidre 01-VII-1943 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. ossianus
8 36 AK Oslo VI-1948 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. subargentata
9 79 MRI Sunndal 03-VII-1942 Magne Opheim ZMO ssp. ossianus

 



 

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BOLORIA  EUNOMIA  SUBARGENTATA

Specimen EIS Region Kommune Coll. date Legit In coll. Remarks
1 27 BØ Øvre Eiker 06-VII-1996 Tony Nagypal Tony Nagypal .
2 27 BØ Øvre Eiker 06-VII-1996 Tony Nagypal Tony Nagypal .

 



 

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BOLORIA  EUNOMIA  OSSIANUS

Specimen EIS Region Kommune Coll. date Legit In coll. Remarks
1 62 ON Nord-Fron 14-VII-1779 Torbjørn Pedersen Tony Nagypal .




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BOLORIA  EUNOMIA MONTANA

Specimen EIS Region Kommune Coll. date Legit In coll. Remarks
1 168 FØ Syd-Varanger 1882 Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider ZMO  
2 154 TRI Målselv 27-VI-1930 Fritz Jensen ZMO  
3 169 FØ Syd-Varanger 26-VII-1892 Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider ZMO  
4 165 FV Alta 15-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO  
5 165 FV Alta 10-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO  
6 165 FV Alta 05-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO  
7 169 FØ Sør-Varanger   Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider ZMO Ventral view
8 165 FV Alta 13-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO Ventral view
9 165 FV Alta 18-VII1-924 Emil Barca ZMO Ventral view
10 173 FV Alta 05-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO Ventral view
11 173 FV Alta 05-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO Ventral view
12 173 FV Alta 14-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO Ventral view

 



 

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BOLORIA  EUNOMIA  MONTANA

Specimen EIS Region Kommune Coll. date Legit In coll. Remarks
1 165 FI Alta 12-VII-1981 Tony Nagypal Tony Nagypal .
2 165 FI Alta 27-VI-1999 Tony Nagypal Tony Nagypal .
3 103 NTI Lierne 06-VII-1998 Tony Nagypal Tony Nagypal .





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(text in Norwegian).

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