BOLORIA NAPAEA
| English name: | UK: Mountain Fritillary. US: Napaea Fritillary. |
| Norwegian name: | Fjellperlemorvinge |
| Auctor: | (Hoffmannsegg, 1804) |
| Original description: | as Papilio napaea in Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 3:196 |
| Syn.: | pales ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
| aquilonaris (Stichel, 1908) | |
| aquilonaris Tuzov et al, 2000 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Alps of Tirol. |
| Worldwide distribution: | East Pyrenees, Alps, Fennoscandia, Siberia, Altai, Amur, |
| Alaska, Yukon, British Colombia, Alberta, Wyoming. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | B.n.subalpina, B.n.lapponica. |
| Etymology: | napaea: napa = a glade, woody dell. |
B. napaea subalpina | |
| Auctor: | (Björn Petersen, 1947) |
| Original description: | as Argynnis pales subalpina in Die Geographische Varition einiger |
| Fennoskandischer Lepidopteren, Zool. Bidrag. Upps., 26: 402-405. | |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Hammarfjäll, Härjedalen, Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Mountains of South Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | subalpina: sub = under. alpinus = of or like high mountains. |
B. napaea lapponica | |
| Auctor: | (Staudinger, 1861) |
| Original description: | in Stett. E. Z. : 347. |
| Syn.: | frigida Warre, 1944 (TL: Maalselven) |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Bossekop, Finnmark, Norway. |
| Distribution in Norway: | North Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | lapponica = belonging to Lapland. |
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BOLORIA NAPAEA SUBALPINA |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 44 | OS | Sør-Aurdal | 1888 | Georg Sandberg | ZMO | f |
| 2 | 44 | OS | Sør-Aurdal | 1888 | Georg Sandberg | ZMO | f |
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BOLORIA NAPAEA SUBALPINA |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 62 | ON | Vågå | 10-AUG-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m - 1200 m |
| 2 | 61 | ON | Lom | 03-AUG-1988 | Torbjørn Pedersen | TN | f |
| 3 | 62 | ON | Vågå | 10-AUG-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m - 1200 m (ventral view) |
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BOLORIA NAPAEA LAPPONICA |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 13-JUL-2001 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m - 520 m |
| 2 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 23-JUL-1997 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f - 520 m |
| 3 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 05-JUL-1980 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f - 520 m |
| 4 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 13-JUL-2001 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f - 400 m |
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BOLORIA NAPAEA - larva |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | ~1880-1890 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | larva |
For further notes, photos and
maps of this species, check out
the Lepidoptera homepage of the Zoological Museum of
Oslo/Norwegian Entomological Society/Skogforsk
(text
in Norwegian).
Butterflies of Norway | Systematic
list of the Norwegian butterflies |
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