SATYRIUM W-ALBUM
| English name: | White-letter Hairstreak |
| Norwegian name: | Almstjertvinge |
| Auctor: | (Knoch, 1782) |
| Original description: | as Papilio w-album in Beitr.Insektengesch. 2: 85. |
| Syn.: | cerasi (Fabricius, 1787) |
| Syn.: | butlerovi (Krulikovsky, 1890) |
| Syn.: | majuscula (Yakhontov, 1911) |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Leipzig, Germany. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | S. w. w-album. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Central Europe, temperate parts of Asia to Kazakhstan, Korea and Japan. |
S. w-album w-album | |
| Auctor: | (Knoch, 1782) |
| Syn.: | cerasi (Fabricius, 1787) |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Leipzig, Germany. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Near coast of southeast Norway. |
| Notes: | The existence of S. w-album is depending on the presence of its larval |
| host-plant, elm (Ulmus glabra). Over the last couple of decades many | |
| of the elms in Norway have disappeared due to a disease. In the long run the | |
| elm disease may seriously threaten w-album's distribution in the country. | |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | w-album = register W. |
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SATYRIUM W-ALBUM W-ALBUM |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 11 | AAY | Risør | 1920 | Johan Rygge | ZMO | m |
| 2 | 28 | AK | Oslo | VII-1845 | Johan Heinrich Spalck. Siebke | ZMO | m |
| 3 | ZMO | m | |||||
| 4 | 28 | AK | Oslo | 20-VII-1945 | Fritz Jensen | ZMO | f |
| 5 | 19 | VE | Borre | VIII-1997 | Lars Ove Hansen | ZMO | f |
| 6 | 18 | TEY | Porsgrunn | 31-VII-1974 | Geir E. E. Søli | ZMO | f - ventral view |
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SATYRIUM W-ALBUM W-ALBUM |
| Specimen | EIS | Region | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks |
| 1 | 28 | AK | Asker | 30-VI-1990 | Tony Nagypal | TN | |
| 2 | 28 | AK | Asker | 30-VI-1990 | Tony Nagypal | TN | 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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