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NYMPHALIS URTICAE
| English name: | Small Tortoiseshell |
| Norwegian name: | Neslesommerfugl |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Nymphalis urticae in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 477. |
| Syn.: | urtica (Staudinger, 1871) |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Europe, temperate parts of Asia to the Russian Pacific coast, China, |
| Mongolia and Korea. Possibly introduced to New York State. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | N.u.urticae. |
N. urticae urticae | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Entire Norway. |
| Notes: | f. polaris was previously regarded as a subspecies of N.urticae |
| (originally described as Vanessa urtica polaris). However, areas | |
| dominated by polaris in cold summers can be taken over by the nominate | |
| urticae in warm Arctic summers. Even within offspring of the same | |
| brood both forms can occur. polaris should therefore be treated as a cold | |
| climate form. | |
| Numerous other forms have been named. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | f. frig. polaris (Staudinger, 1871) |
| Etymology: | urticae: urtica = nettle. |
| polaris: polos = pole of the earth. |
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NYMPHALIS URTICAE URTICAE |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
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Remarks |
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| 1 | 26 | TEI | Seljord | 27-JUL-2002 | female |
| 2 | 26 | TEI | Seljord | 27-JUL-2002 | male (ventral view) |
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