Butterflies of Norway

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BOLORIA FRIGGA

 

English name: UK: Frigga's Fritillary. US: Willow-Bog Fritillary, Frigga Fritillary.
Norwegian name: Friggs perlemorvinge.
Auctor: (Becklin, 1791)
Original description: as Papilio frigga in Dissertatio entomologica sistens insecta Svecica 2:23
(Editor: C.P.Thunberg).
Syn.: lapponica (Esper, 1793)
helvenacius Sedykh, 1977
Type locality of nominate species: Lappland, Sweden.
Worldwide distribution: North Europe across Siberia to the Russian Pacific coast, Mongolia,
Chukotka, Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin Is. Alaska, Canada, Colorado, Wyoming.
Subspecies in Norway: B.f.frigga, B.f.australis.
Recognized subspecies: B.f.frigga (Becklin, 1791) - Northern Fennoscandia, Siberia.
B.f.australis (Lingonblad, 1946) - Southern Fennoscandia.
B.f.annae (Sushkin, 1906) - Tarbagatai Mt.
B.f.alpestris (Elwes, 1899) - Altai, Sayan, Transbaikalia, W. Mongolia.
B.f.maritima (Kardakov, 1928) - Amur and Ussuri.
B.f.gibsoni Barnes & Benjamin (= alaskensis) - North-eastern Alaska to Hudson Bay.
B.f.saga (Staudinger, 1861) - Southern Alaska, Canada.
B.f.sagata Barnes & Benjamin - Colorado and south-eastern Wyoming.

 

B. frigga frigga

Auctor: (Becklin, 1791)
Syn.: - - -
Type locality of subspecies: Lappland, Sweden.
Distribution in Norway: North Norway.
Notes: - - -
Described forms found in Norway: - - -
Etymology: frigga: Frigg was a goddess in Germanic mythology, wife of
Odin in Nordic mythology. Frigg's name is also the basis for 'Friday' -
Friggjardagr, frædag = Frigg's day.

 

B. frigga australis

Auctor: (Lingonblad, 1946)
Original description: in Notulae Entomologicae XXVI : 55-57.
Syn.: - - -
Type locality of subspecies: South Finland.
Distribution in Norway: Mountains of South Norway.
Notes: - - -
Described forms found in Norway: - - -
Etymology: australis = southern.

 


Boloria (Clossiana) frigga frigga from Trøndelag and North Norway (41kB)

 
 
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BOLORIA  FRIGGA  FRIGGA

 Specimen

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 Elevation

 1  165  FV  Alta  27-JUN-1999  Magnus N. Bj.  MNB  350 m
 2  165  FV  Alta  27-JUN-1999  Magnus N. Bj.  MNB  350 m
 3  165  FV  Alta  27-JUN-1999  Magnus N. Bj.  MNB  350 m
 4  165  FV  Alta  27-JUN-1999  Magnus N. Bj.  MNB  350 m
 5  103  NTI  Lierne  07-JUL-1998  Magnus N. Bj.  MNB  380 m
 6  103  NFI  Lierne  07-JUL-1998  Magnus N. Bj.  MNB  440 m



frig-04.JPG (37873 bytes)
 

 
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BOLORIA FRIGGA FRIGGA

Specimen

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Remarks

1 181 FN Porsanger 10-VII-1879 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO m
2 169 FØ Sør-Varanger 1892 Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider ZMO m
3 168 FØ Sør-Varanger   Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider ZMO m
4 181 FN Porsanger 04-VII-1879 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO m - ventral view
5 173 FV Alta 05-VII-1924 Emil Barca ZMO m - ventral view
6 181 FN Porsanger 05-VII-1879 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f - ventral view
7 181 FN Porsanger 05-VII-1879 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f
8 181 FN Porsanger 04-VII-1879 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f
9 181 FN Porsanger 06-VII-1878 Robert Collett ZMO f




frig-01.JPG (34036 bytes)
 

 
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BOLORIA FRIGGA AUSTRALIS

Specimen

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Remarks

1 36 AK Oslo 18-VI-1887 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO m
2 28 BØ Modum 24-VI-1876 Hans Jacob Sparre Schneider ZMO m
3 52 ON Vestre Slidre   "H.-Fj." ZMO m - ventral view
4 36 AK Oslo 18-VI-1887 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f
5 52 ON Vestre Slidre   "H.-Fj." ZMO f
6 44 OS Sør-Aurdal 01-VII-1887 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f - ventral view
7 38 AK Oslo 18-VI-1887 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f
8 38 AK Oslo 18-VI-1887 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f
9 38 AK Oslo 18-VI-1887 Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen ZMO f - ventral view


 

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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