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NYMPHALIS IO
| English name: | Peacock Butterfly |
| Norwegian name: | Dagpåfugløye |
| Auctor: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis io in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 472. |
| Syn.: | ioides (Ochsenheimer, 1807) |
| geisha (Stichel, [1908]) | |
| caucasica (Jakhontov, 1911) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | N. i. io. |
| Worldwide distribution: | South and Central Europe, temperate parts of Asia to the Russian Pacific |
| coast. |
N. io io | |
| Auctor: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway east of the central mountain chain. |
| Notes: | The species was first recorded in Norway as late as 1902 and it was a |
| very rare species in the beginning of the century. In the 1970's and -80's | |
| it had become one of the most common butterflies in east Norway. | |
| During the 1990's it suddenly disappeared from many localities. During the | |
| last couple of years it seems to be building up strong populations again. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | none |
| Etymology: | io: Io was the grand daughter of Inachis, a river stream god in . |
| Greek mythology. |
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NYMPHALIS IO IO |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 18 | TEI | Nome | 10-JUL-2003 | male |
| 2 | 28 | BØ | Nedre Eiker | 17-AUG-1997 | female (ventral view) |
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