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COLIAS
SULITELMA
| English name: | Northern Clouded Yellow |
| Norwegian name: | Heklagulvinge |
| Auctor: | Aurivillius, 1890 |
| Original description: | as C. hecla sulitelma in Bih. K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 15 (4) (1). |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Mt. Sulitelma, Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Arctic Fennoscandia, NW and ?NE Arctic Siberia. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | C. sulitelma sulitelma. |
| Recognized subspecies: | C.s.sulitelma Aurivillius, 1890 - Tundras of N Norway, N Sweden, N Finland and European |
| part of Siberia. | |
| C.s.kurnakovi Kurentzov, 1970 - Chukotka (according to P.Gorbunov (2001) kurnakovi is a ssp C. hyperborea Grum-Grshimaïlo, 1899). | |
| Subspecies of C. hecla: | C.h.hecla Lefèbvre, 1836 - Greenland, N Nunavut, N Canada, Alaska |
| C.h.canadensis - S Alaska - Alberta | |
| C.h.sulitelma Aurivillius, 1890 - Arctic Fennoscandia, NW Russia, NW Siberia, | |
| C.h.aquilonaris Grum-Grshimailo, 1899 (= C.h.orientis Vnukovsky, 1929) - NE Siberia, Chukot Region, Russian Far East | |
| C.h.viluiensis Ménétriès, 1859 - Lena Plateau, SE Siberia, Baikal, N Amur, NE Mongolia. | |
| Notes: | C.sulitelma has usually been placed as a subspecies of C.hecla. This author, however, choose to follow |
| K.Korb, 2002, accepting sulitelma as a good species (see photos below for comparison between C.sulitelma and C.hecla). | |
| Etymology: | sulitelma = named after its type locality, Mt Sulitelma, a mountain in Sweden, near the Norwegian-Swedish border. |
| hecla = in ancient Norse language hekla was a name for the clouds surrounding a volcano. As Lefèbvre | |
| thought hecla's type locality was Iceland, he named the butterfly after Iceland's biggest volcano, Hekla. |
C. sulitelma sulitelma | |
| Auctor: | Aurivillius, 1890 |
| Original description: | as C. hecla sulitelma in Bih. K. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 15 (4) (1). |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Mt. Sulitelma, Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | North Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | sulitelma = named after its type locality, Mt Sulitelma, a mountain in Sweden, near the Norwegian-Swedish |
| border. |
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COLIAS SULITELMA SULITELMA compared with COLIAS HECLA HECLA (males) |
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Specimen |
Subspecies |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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| 1 | C. sulitelma sulitelma | 155 (Norway) | TRI | Balsfjord | 03-JUL-1980 | male |
| 2 | C. hecla hecla | Greenland | Vestgrønland/Kitsa | Holsteinsborg/Sisimiut | 17-JUL-1996 | male |
| 3 | C. sulitelma sulitelma | 155 (Norway) | FV | Alta | 27-JUN-1999 | male (ventral view) |
| 4 | C. hecla hecla | Greenland | Vestgrønland/Kitsa | Holsteinsborg/Sisimiut | 16-JUL-1996 | male (ventral view) |
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COLIAS SULITELMA SULITELMA compared with COLIAS HECLA HECLA (females) |
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Specimen |
Subspecies |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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| 1 | C. sulitelma sulitelma | 155 (Norway) | TRI | Balsfjord | 05-JUL-1980 | female |
| 2 | C. hecla hecla | Greenland | Vestgrønland/Kitsa | Holsteinsborg/Sisimiut | 16-JUL-1996 | female |
| 3 | C. sulitelma sulitelma | 155 (Norway) | TRI | Balsfjord | 04-JUL-1980 | female (ventral view) |
| 4 | C. hecla hecla | Greenland | Vestgrønland/Kitsa | Holsteinsborg/Sisimiut | 14-JUL-1996 | female (ventral view) |
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