NYMPHALIS POLYCHLOROS
| English name: | Large tortoiseshell |
| Norwegian name: | Kirsebærsommerfugl |
| Auctor: | Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis polychloros in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 477. |
| Syn.: | testudo (Esper, [1781]) |
| pyrrhomelaena (Hübner, [1824]) | |
| pyromelas Freyer, [1834] | |
| fervida Standfuss, 1896 | |
| lucida (Fruhstorfer, 1907) | |
| dilucidus (Fruhstorfer, 1907) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | N. p. polychloros. |
| Worldwide distribution: | NW Morocco, South and Central Europe, NW Africa, temperate parts of |
| Asia to West Siberia, NE Kazakhstan. |
N. polychloros polychloros | ||
| Auctor: | Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Syn.: | - - - | |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. | |
| Distribution in Norway: | From Oslo along the coast to Kristiansand. | |
| Notes: | The last known record in Norway dates back to 1958. Another specimen is | |
| said to have been seen near Halden on the Norwegian-Swedish border in | ||
| the late 1970's, but this needs reconfirmation. N. polychloris is probably | ||
| extinct in Norway now. Industrialized forestry and the use of insecticides are | ||
| blamed for the decline of N. polychloros. | ||
| Described forms found in Norway: | none | |
| Etymology: | poly = many. chloros = green. |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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NYMPHALIS POLYCHLOROS POLYCHLOROS |
|
Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Remarks | ||
| 1 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 1889 | E. Moe | ZMO | |
| 2 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 1889 | E. Moe | ZMO | f |
| 3 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 1889 | E. Moe | ZMO | f |
| 4 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 1889 | E. Moe | ZMO | |
| 5 | 11 | AAY | Risør | ex. coll. Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | f | |
| 6 | 6 | AAY | Tvedestrand | 12-VIII-1945 | Jan Kielland | ZMO | f - ventral view |
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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