ARGYNNIS NIOBE
| English name: | Niobe Fritillary |
| Norwegian name: | Niobeperlemorvinge |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis niobe in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 481. |
| Syn.: | herse (Hüfnagel, 1766) |
| pelopia (Borkhausen, 1788) | |
| cleodoxa (Esper, [1789]) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | "Europe" (Sweden). |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe to West Siberia, Turkey across Iran and Afghanistan to |
| Tian-Shan, Altai, Transbaikalia, W Mongolia and W. China.. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | A.n.niobe. |
A. niobe niobe | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | "Europe" (Sweden). |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway. Present distribution: only the Oslofjord and OS: Gran. |
| Notes: | Form eris, a form missing the silvery spots on the hind-wing underside, is not very |
| common in Norway. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | f. eris Meigen, [1828] |
| Etymology: | niobe: Nioba was the daughter of Tantalus, changed by Zeus into stone. |
| eris = strife, quarrel, debate, contention (Greek). |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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ARGYNNIS NIOBE NIOBE |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m | |
| 2 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m | |
| 3 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m - ventral view | |
| 4 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | f | |
| 5 | 19 | VE | Stokke | 15-VII-1931 | Karl Haanshus | ZMO | f - ventral view |
| 6 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | f- ventral view |
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(text in
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