LIMENITIS POPULI
| English name: | Poplar Admiral | |
| Norwegian name: | Ospesommerfugl, Praktkåpe | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis populi in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 476. | |
| Syn.: | - - - | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | L. p. populi. | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central Europe, temperate forest belt of the Palaearctic Region. |
L. populi populi | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Open areas in deciduous woods of south-east Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | f. tremulae Esper, 1798 |
| Etymology: | populi: populus = aspen, poplar. |
| tremulae: named after L. populis's larval host plant, Populus tremulae (European aspen). tremulus = shaking, quivering. |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 |
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LIMENITIS POPULI POPULI |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m | |
| 2 | 18 | TEY | Siljan | 02-VII-1977 | Geir E. E. Søli | ZMO | m |
| 3 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | m - ventral view | |
| 4 | 17 | TEI | Kviteseid | 03-VIII-1931 | ZMO | f | |
| 5 | 28 | AK | Oslo | Johan Heinrich Spalck Siebke | ZMO | f | |
| 6 | 6 | AAY | Tvedestrand | Aall | 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).
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