Butterflies of Norway

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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 EIS Region 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



Coenonympha tullia from Norway


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COENONYMPHA  TULLIA  DEMOPHILE  from South Norway

Specimen EIS Region 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



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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