APHANTOPUS HYPERANTUS
| English name: | Ringlet. |
| Norwegian name: | Gullringvinge. |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Danaus jurtina in Syst. Nat. (Edn. 10) I : 471. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, across temperate parts of Asia to Mongolia, Ussuri, NE China and Korea. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | A.h.hyperantus. |
A. hyperantus hyperantus | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Lowlands of South Norway. |
| Notes: | A. hyperantus is more common in SE Norway than in |
| SW Norway, but nowhere as common as in S Sweden. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | hyperantus: hyper = beyond, over, above. anthos (Gr.) = flower. |
| Also the name of one of Aegyptus' fity sons (Greek mythology). |
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| 3 | 4 |
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APHANTOPUS HYPERANTUS HYPERANTUS |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 44 | BV | Flå | 10-JUL-1994 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m |
| 2 | 28 | BØ | Hurum | JUL-1986 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f |
| 3 | 28 | BØ | Hurum | 07-JUL-1985 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m - ventral view |
| 4 | 28 | BØ | Hurum | 03-JUL-1994 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f - ventral view |
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