Butterflies of Norway

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PYRGUS MALVAE

 

English name: Grizzled Skipper.
Norwegian name: Kattostsmyger.
Auctor: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Original description: as Papilio Plebejus malvae in Syst. Nat. (Edn. 10) I:485.
Syn.: fritillarius Poda, 1761
fritillum [Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775]
minor Esper, [1779]
sao Bergsträsser, 1779
althaeae Esper [1783]
fritillum Fabricius, 1787
alveolus Hübner, [1803]
Type locality of nominate species: ?Åland Islands.
Worldwide distribution: Europe, temperate parts of Asia to Korea and Japan.
Subspecies in Norway: P.m.malvae.
Worldwide subspecies: P.m.malvae (Linnaeus, 1758) - the whole distribution area except Ussuri Region.
P.m.kauffmanni Alberti, 1955 - Ussuri Region, Eastern Russia.

 

P. malvae malvae

Auctor: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Syn.: - - -
Type locality of subspecies: ?Åland Islands.
Distribution in Norway: Lowlands of south-east and southern Norway.
Notes: - - -
Described forms found in Norway: - - -
Etymology: malva = mallow (Latin).

 

 



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PYRGUS  MALVAE  MALVAE

 Specimen  EIS  Region  Kommune  Coll. date  Remarks
 1  28  BØ  Hurum  20-MAY-1990  
 2  28  BØ  Hurum  06-MAY-1990  ventral view


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