ERYNNIS TAGES
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| English name: | Dingy Skipper. |
| Norwegian name: | Skogsmyger. |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Plebejus tages in Syst. Nat. (Edn. 10) I : 485. |
| Syn.: | morio Scopoli, 1763 |
| geryon Rottemburg, [1775] | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Europe. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe across Asia Minor and Central Asia to Amur. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | E.t.tages. |
E. tages tages | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Europe. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Norway south of 62oN. |
| Notes: | E.tages is common in East Norway, rare in the West. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | tages: Tages, a figure in Etruscan mythology, was grandson of |
| Jupiter and son of Genius. He revealed the gift of prophesying, | |
| Libri Tagetici to the Etrurians. |
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ERYNNIS TAGES TAGES |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Remarks |
| 1 | 69 | MRI | Stranda | 22-JUN-1997 | |
| 2 | 28 | AK | Asker | 14-JUN-1998 | ventral view |
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