ISSORIA LATHONIA
| English name: | Queen of Spain Fritillary |
| Norwegian name: | Spansk Dronning |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis lathonia in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 481. |
| Syn.: | valdensis (Esper, [1804]) |
| saturata (Röber, 1896) | |
| hungarica (Aigner-Abafi, 1906) | |
| florens Verity, 1916 | |
| sheljuzhkoi (Stauder, 1923) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | "Europe" (Sweden). |
| Worldwide distribution: | North-west Africa, Europe, temperate belt of Asia to the Russian |
| Pacific Coast, the Himalayas and China. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | I.l.lathonia. |
I. lathonia lathonia | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | "Europe" (Sweden). |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway. |
| Notes: | I. lathonia is a rare species in Norway. In some areas it |
| has two generations a year (probably in Gudbrandsdalen, etc), | |
| in other areas only one generation (like in Hallingdal). | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | f. valdensis (Esper, [1804]) (melanic form) |
| Etymology: | lathonia: Latona was the Roman name of the Greek goddess Leto - |
| daughter of Titan and Phoebe, mother of Apollo and Artemis. | |
| valdensis: valde = exceedingly. |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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ISSORIA LATHONIA LATHONIA |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 7 | RY | Klepp | 13-V-1936 | Fritz Jensen | ZMO | m |
| 2 | 62 | ON | Nord-Fron | 14-VIII-1878 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 3 | 19 | VE | Stokke | 23-VII-1911 | Karl Haanshus | ZMO | m - ventral view |
| 4 | 62 | ON | Nord-Fron | 20-VIII-1877 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | f |
| 5 | 29 | AK | Oslo | Robert Collett | ZMO | f | |
| 6 | 20 | Ø | Sarpsborg | 28-VII-1976 | ZMO | f- ventral view |
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