COENONYMPHA TULLIA
| English name: | UK: Large Heath, US: Ringlet. |
| Norwegian name: | Myrringvinge. |
| Auctor: | (Müller, 1764) |
| Original description: | as Papilio tullia in Fauna Insectorum Fridrichsdalina : 36. |
| Syn.: | philoxenus Esper, 1780 |
| davus Fabricius, 1777 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Fredriksdal (now in Copenhagen), Denmark. |
| Worldwide distribution: | C and N Europe, across temperate parts of Asia, North America |
| from Alaska to California and the Midwest. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | C.t.demophile, C.t.isis, C.t.orstadii. |
| Etymology: | Tullia is the female form of the common Roman first name Tullius. |
C. tullia demophile | |
| Auctor: | Freyer, 1845 |
| Syn.: | as Hipparchia Demophile in Neur. Beitr. Schmett. Abb. Nat., |
| 5:97. | |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Lapland. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Lowlands of South-east and Central Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | - - - |
C. tullia isis | |
| Auctor: | Becklin, 1791 |
| Original description: | as Papilio isis in Diss. ent. sist. Ins. Svecica, 2:31 (Editor: C. P. Thunberg). |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | North Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Mountains of South Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | - - - |
C. tullia orstadii | |
| Auctor: | (Wahlgren, 1931) |
| Original description: | in Svensk Insektfauna 10,1:53. |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | - - - |
| Distribution in Norway: | North Norway. |
| Notes: | Confirmed records are missing from North Norway. The |
| occurance of C. tullia orstadii in Norway is therefore | |
| somewhat uncertain. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | - - - |
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COENONYMPHA TULLIA |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 102 | NTI | Snåsa | 04-VII-1884 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 2 | 102 | NTI | Snåsa | 04-VII-1884 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 3 | 102 | NTI | Snåsa | 02-VII-1884 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 4 | 102 | NTI | Snåsa | 02-VII-1884 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 5 | 37 | HES | Sør-Odal | 15-VI-1883 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 6 | 29 | AK | Skedsmo | Johan Heinrich Spalck. Siebke | ZMO | m | |
| 7 | 55 | HES | Elverum | 15-VII-1968 | Kai Myhr | ZMO | m |
| 8 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 05-IV-1919 | Johan Rygge | ZMO | m |
| 9 | 20 | Ø | Rakkestad | 14-VII-1989 | Per Tangen | ZMO | m |
| 10 | 18 | TEY | Siljan | 02-VII-1977 | Geir E. E. Søli | ZMO | m |
| 11 | 29 | AK | Aurskog-Høland | 23-VI-1946 | Magne Opheim | ZMO | m- ventral view |
| 12 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 05-VII-1954 | Nils Knaben | ZMO | m- ventral view |
| 13 | 102 | NTI | Snåsa | 05-VII-1884 | Wilhelm Maribo Schøyen | ZMO | m |
| 14 | 10 | AAI | Åmli | 05-VII-1999 | Øistein Berg | ZMO | f |
| 15 | 35 | BØ | Krødsherad | 01-IX-1902 | Embrik Strand | ZMO | f |
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COENONYMPHA TULLIA DEMOPHILE from South Norway |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 28 | BØ | Lier | 02-VII-1989 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m |
| 2 | 10 | TEI | Nissedal | 06-VII-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m |
| 3 | 10 | AAI | Åmli | 07-VII-2001 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f |
| 4 | 10 | TEI | Nissedal | 06-VII-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m - ventral view |
| 5 | 10 | TEI | Nissedal | 06-VII-2000 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m - ventral view |
| 6 | 28 | BØ | Lier | 02-VII-1989 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f - ventral view |
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