OCHLODES SYLVANUS
| English name: | Large Skipper. |
| Norwegian name: | Engsmyger. |
| Auctor: | (Esper, [1778]) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Pl. v. sylvanus in Schmett. Abb. Nat. 1 (1). |
| Syn.: | melicerta Bergsträsser, 1780 |
| faunus Turati, 1905 | |
| alexandra Hemming, 1934 | |
| esperi Verity, 1934 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Germany. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, Asia Minor to Syria and Iran, Central Asia to Siberia, Mongolia, |
| Korea, Sakhalinsk Is. and Kuriles Isls. | |
| Notes: | O. sylvanus in Europe was during several decades named as O. venatus |
| faunus (Turati, 1905). O. venatus is, however, a species restricted to | |
| East Asia; from SE China to Amur, Korea and Japan. The Commission | |
| for Zoological Nomenclature has therefore determined that the Eurasian | |
| species shall be named O. sylvanus. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | O.s.sylvanus. |
| Worldwide subspecies: | O.s.sylvanus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Europe, Asia. |
| O.s.hyrcana Christoph, 1893 - Talysh Mts, Kopet-Dagh. | |
| O.s.similis Leech, 1894 - S Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalinsk Is., Kuriles Isls. |
O. sylvanus sylvanus | |
| Auctor: | (Esper, [1778]) |
| Syn.: | faunus Turati, 1905 |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Germany. |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | Silvanus was the god of the woods and fields in Greek mythology. |
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OCHLODES SYLVANUS SYLVANUS |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Remarks |
| 1 | 18 | TEI | Nome | 22-JUN-2003 | m (venteal view) |
| 2 | 69 | MRI | Stranda | 24-JUN-1996 | m |
| 3 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | 21-JUN-1986 | m |
| 4 | 28 | BØ | Røyken | 22-JUN-1986 | f |
| 5 | 11 | AAY | Tvedestrand | 21-JUL-2001 | f |
| 6 | 28 | BØ | Drammen | 24-JUN-1990 | f (ventral view) |
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