PIERIS NAPI
| English name: | Green-veined White |
| Norwegian name: | Rapssommerfugl |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Danaus napi in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 468. |
| Syn.: | intermedia Krulikowsky, 1890 |
| napaeae (Esper, [1804]), et auctt. | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | North Africa, Europe, Asia to North America. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | P.n.napi, P.n.bicolorata. |
| Recognized subspecies: | P.n.napi (Linnaeus, 1758) - Continental Europe to Ural |
| P.n.britannica Müller & Kautz, 1939 nec Verity, 1911 - Ireland, Scotland to Central England | |
| P.n.migueli Eitschberger, 1984 - NW Spain | |
| P.n.santateresae Eitschberger, 1984 - Central Spain | |
| P.n.carlosi Eitschberger, 1984 - Andalucia | |
| P.n.lusitanica de Souza, 1929 - Portugal | |
| P.n.maura Verity, 1911 - Northern Algeria | |
| P.n.atlantis Oberthür, 1925 - Morocco (Middle Atlas) | |
| P.n.segonzaci Le Verf, 1923 - Morocco (High Atlas) | |
| P.n.meridionalis Heyne, 1895 - Italy, Corsica, Sicily | |
| P.n.dubiosa Röber, [1907] - Balkans, Crimea to Caucasus | |
| P.n.euorientis Verity, [1908] - Tava, E Sayan, Baikal | |
| P.n.muchei Eitschberger, 1984 - Tian-Shan, Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai, Dzhungarsky Alatau | |
| P.n.dulcinea Butler, 1882 - Transbaicalica, Amur, southern Okhotsk, Sakhalin Is., NE China, Korea. | |
| P.n.hulda - Alaska, Northwest Territories | |
| P.n.venosa - Californian lowlands | |
| P.n.oleracea - Rest of range in North America |
P. napi napi | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Norway as far north as Nordland fylke. |
| Notes: | Distribution between P.napi and P.adalwinda in Norway |
| is not clear. | |
| P. napi has even been recorded from the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, | |
| Svalbard Archipelago (ref. Lokki, Malmström & Suomalainen, 1978. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | f. 1.gen. verna Staudinger |
| f. 2.gen. subnapaeae Verity | |
| f. 3.gen. napaeae Esper, [1804] | |
| f. 4.gen. autumnalis Müll | |
| Etymology: | napi = a turnip. |
| verna: vernus = spring. | |
| subnapaeae = from napaeae. | |
| napaeae = from napi. | |
| autumnalis = from autumn. |
P. napi bicolorata | |
| Auctor: | Björn Petersen, 1947 |
| Original description: | in Zoologiska Bidrag från Uppsala 2:361-362 |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Murjek, North Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Isolated areas in West Norway. |
| Notes: | Endemic to Scandinavia. Precise distribution is not clear. |
| Apparently rare in Norwegian collections. | |
| P.n.bicolorata is, according to Reissinger (1990) a synonym of P.bryoniae lappona | |
| Rangnow, 1935. P.bryoniae is usually not accepted as a valid species in Fennoscandia. It | |
| is, however, possible that P.napi bicolorata should be named P.napi lappona or even | |
| P.adalwinda bicolorata. Further work is needed on the status of P.napi/P.adalwinda | |
| in Fennoscandia. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | -- |
| Etymology: | bicolorata = two-coloured. |
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PIERIS NAPI NAPI |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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| 1 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | 24-MAY-1986 | male |
| 2 | 12 | Ø | Halden | 04-JUN-2001 | female |
| 3 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | ultimo MAY-1989 | male (ventral view) |
| 4 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | ultimo MAY-1989 | female (ventral view) |
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PIERIS NAPI BICOLORATA |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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| 1 | 68 | MRY | Ørsta | 23-JUN-1993 | male |
| 2 | 77 | MRI | Norddal | 12-JUN-1989 | female |
| 3 | 68 | MRY | Ørsta | 23-JUN-1993 | male (ventral view) |
| 4 | 59 | SFI | Balestrand | 04-JUL-1991 | female (ventral view) |
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