BOLORIA THORE
| English name: | Thor's Fritillary. |
| Norwegian name: | Tors perlemorvinge. |
| Auctor: | (Hübner, 1806) |
| Original description: | - - - |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Tyrolean Alps. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Alps, North Europe, forest belt of Palaearctic Region to Mongolia, |
| N China, North Korea, Kamchatka, Sakhalin Is. and Japan. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | B.t.borealis. |
| Recognized subspecies: | B.t.thore (Hübner, 1806) - Alps. |
| B.t.borealis (Staudinger, 1861) - North Europe, North Siberia, Kamchatka Peninsula. | |
| B.t.carelia Valle, 1941 - Lake Ladoga, Carelia. | |
| B.t.excelens (Krulikovsky, 1893) [= splendida (Krulikovsky, 1895)] - Central European part of Russia. | |
| B.t.transuralensis (Sheljuzhko, 1931) - West Siberia.. | |
| B.t.hypercala (Fruhstorfer, 1907) [= lacrimosa (Korshunov, 1999)] - Altai, Sayan and Transbaikalia. | |
| B.t.hyperusia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) [= meridionalis (Kardakov, 1928)] (= brenda Hemming, 1933) - Amur and Ussuri. | |
| B.t.karafutonis (Matsumura, 1919) - Sakhalinsk Is. | |
| B.t.jezoensis (Matsumura, 1926) - Japan; Hokkaido Is. | |
| Etymology: | thore: Žórr (Tor), son of Odin and Frigg, brother of Balder, was the |
| god of thunder in Norse mythology. He travelled through the skies in a | |
| wagon pulled by billy-goats, creating the thunder. |
B.thore borealis | |
| Auctor: | (Staudinger, 1861) |
| Syn.: | as Argynnis Thore Borealis in Cat. Lep. Eur.: 9. |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Lapland. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Mountains of northern South Norway. From lowland in North Norway. |
| Notes: | B.thore is very rare in the South Norway, more common in North Norway. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | borealis = northern. |
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BOLORIA THORE BOREALIS |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Legit |
In coll. |
Elevation | ||
| 1 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 04-JUL-1980 | Tony Nagypal | TN | 350 m |
| 2 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 13-JUL-2001 | Tony Nagypal | TN | 380 m |
| 3 | 154 | TRI | Balsfjord | 04-JUL-1980 | Tony Nagypal | TN | 350 m |
| 4 | 154 | TRI | Målselv | 05-JUL-1980 | Tony Nagypal | TN | 350 m |
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