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Nymphalis Kluk, 1780 Anglewings

Nymphalis Kluk, 1780; Hist. nat. pocz. gospod. 4: 86; TS: Papilio polychloros Linnaeus
Hamadryas Hübner, [1806]; Tentamen determinationis digestionis ...: [1] (reject.); TS: Papilio io Linnaeus
Aglais Dalman, 1816; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816 (1): 56; TS: Papilio urticae Linnaeus
Polygonia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 36; TS: Papilio c-aureum Linnaeus
Eugonia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 36; TS: Papilio angelica Stoll
- = Polygonia ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 250
Inachis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 37; TS: Papilio io Linnaeus
- = Aglais ; [Wahlberg]
Comma Rennie, 1832; Conspectus Butts. Moths: 8; TS: Papilio c-album Linnaeus
- = Polygonia ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 250
Grapta Kirby, 1837; in Richardson, Fauna Boreal Amer.: 292; TS: Vanessa c-argenteum Kirby
- = Polygonia ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 250
Scudderia Grote, 1873; Can. Ent. 5 (8): 144 (preocc. Scudderia Stål, 1873); TS: Papilio antiopa Linnaeus
- = ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 249
Euvanessa Scudder, 1889; Butts eastern U.S. Canada 1: 387; TS: Papilio antiopa Linnaeus
- = ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 249
Kaniska Moore, [1899]; Lepidoptera Indica 4: 91; TS: Papilio canace Linnaeus
- = Polygonia ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 250
Subgenus Ichnusa (Aglais) Reuss, 1939; Ent. Zs. 53 (1) (1): 3; TS: Papilio (Vanessa) ichnusa Bonelli
- = Aglais ; [Wahlberg]
Roddia Korshunov, 1995; Butt. Asian Russia: 81; TS: Papilio l-album Esper
- = ; [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 250
Antiopana Korb, 2005; A catalogue of butterflies of the ex-USSR: ?; TS: Papilio antiopa Linnaeus
- = ;

Grapta; Godman & Salvin, [1882], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 216
Nymphalis (Nymphalidae); [BRU2], 28
Nymphalis (Nymphalini); [Wahlberg]; [NL4A], 249; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Aglais (Nymphalidae); [BRU2], 29
Aglais (Nymphalini); [Wahlberg]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Polygonia (Nymphalidae); [BRU2], 26
Polygonia (Nymphalini); [NL4A], 250; [Wahlberg]; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Kaniska (Nymphalini); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 208
Kaniska (Nymphalidae); [BRU2], 32
Kaniska (Nymphalini); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Inachis (Nymphalidae); [BRU2], 26
Inachis (Nymphalini); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37

Subgenus Nymphalis Kluk, 1781

Nymphalis Kluk, 1781; Hist. nat. pocz. gospod. 4: 86; TS: Papilio polychloros Linnaeus

Subgenus Nymphalis (Nymphalis); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

Nymphalis californica (Boisduval, 1852)

WNA. See [maps] California Tortoiseshell

Vanessa californica Boisduval, 1852; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 (2): 306; TL: California

Nymphalis californica, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Nymphalis californica, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Nymphalis californica, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Nymphalis californica californica, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]

Eugonia californica; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23
Nymphalis californica; [EBW]; [NACL], #4431; [Opler]; [NL4A], #2030

951x624 (~122Kb) upperside east of Lebanon, Oregon, USA, 9-91, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt

500x627 (~40Kb) underside USA: FR 9712 nr. Liberty, Lion Gulch, (47°15'47N 120°40'15W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Ceanothus [NAB]

N. c. californica California, ...
- Nymphalis californica californica; [NL4A], #2030a
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) californica californica; [Joseph Belicek]

N. c. herri Field, 1936

Nymphalis californica herri Field, 1936; ; TL: Washington

Nymphalis californica herri; [NACL], #4431a

1024x1192 (~186Kb) underside Canada, British Columbia, Genelle, 22 June 2005, Photo © Norbert Kondla

1000x1287 (~196Kb) ova Canada, British Columbia, Wanata, May 2006 (egg mass), Photo © Norbert Kondla

1228x1122 (~297Kb) underside female Canada: British Columbia, Wanata, May 2006 (ovipositing on Ceanothus velutinus), Photo © Norbert Kondla

Nymphalis polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)

SEU, CEU, NAF, AM, Himalayas, Chitral - Murree. See [maps] Kirsikkaperhonen Large Tortoiseshell Blackleg Tortoiseshell Large Tortoiseshell Körsbärsfuks Großer Fuchs Le Grand Tortue Olmera Rusałka wierzbowiec

Papilio polychloros Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 477; TL: Sweden
Papilio testudo Esper, 1781; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (4): 118, pl. 73, f. 1
pyrrhomelaena (Hübner, [1824])
Vanessa pyromelas Freyer, [1834]
Vanessa dixeyi Standfuss, 1895
polychloros fervida (Standfuss, 1896); ; TL: Volga
Vanessa polychloros lucida Fruhstorfer, 1907
Vanessa polychloros dilucidus Fruhstorfer, 1907; Int. ent. Zs. 1 (28): 208; TL: Saratow

Nymphalis polychloros, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Nymphalis polychloros, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Nymphalis polychloros, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Nymphalis polychloros, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Nymphalis polychloros, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Nymphalis polychloros, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Nymphalis polychloros; [BOW]: pl. 2, f. 26; [EBW]; [BRU2]: 29, pl. 17, f. 8-10; [Otakar Kudrna]
Nymphalis (Nymphalis) polychloros; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

951x624 (~105Kb) upperside Alter Hof, Berlin, Germany, 3-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt	472x634 (~44Kb) pupa Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Schönenberg, Siedlungsbereich (8°49'E, 48°57'N, 250m), 04.06.2000, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	597x400 (~47Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
371x550 (~42Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	597x400 (~94Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	600x435 (~44Kb) upperside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tretten, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier
1400x1050 (~261Kb) underside Hibernating in an abandoned bunker, Sumava, Czech Republic observed by Libor Dvorák, 2004, Photo © NP & CHKO Sumava	795x1002 (~185Kb) underside Greece: Ipiros, Gliki, Acheron River, 9.6.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio Nymphalis polychloros det. Joseph Belicek	identification uncertain 795x1002 (~185Kb) underside Greece: Ipiros, Gliki, Acheron River, 9.6.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio
1238x816 (~141Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area, 13.7.2012 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	977x382 (~107Kb) upperside underside Russia, Moscow area, 12.7.2012 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Pyrus , Prunus , Salix , Ulmus [SPRK], Salix viminalis [BRU2], 29

N. p. polychloros
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) polychloros polychloros; [Joseph Belicek]
N. p. erythromelas (Austaut, 1885) W.Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
- Vanessa polychloros var. erythromelas Austaut, 1885; Le Naturaliste 7: 142; TL: Nemours, Algeria
- Nymphalis polychloros erythromelas; [H&R], 84; [BMAT]: 47, pl. 14, f. 4-6
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) polychloros erythromelas; [Joseph Belicek]
- Nymphalis erythromelas; [BOW]: pl. 2, f. 26 (text only)
600x435 (~57Kb) upperside Morocco, Djebel Lakraa, Rif, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Salix pedicellata, Ulmus campestris, U. americana, Sorbus tormilis, Pyrus communis, Malus domestica, Crataegus sp., Populus nigra, Crataegus monogyna [BMAT]

Nymphalis xanthomelas (Esper, 1781)

CEU, SEEU, C.Asia, China, Japan, Baluchistan, N.Waziristan - Kumaon. See [maps] Isonokkosperhonen Yellow-legged Tortoisehell Large Tortoiseshell Videfuks Rusałka drzewoszek

Papilio xanthomelas Esper, 1781; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (3): 77, pl. 63, f. 4
Papilio xanthomelas [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 175 (nom. nud.)

Nymphalis xanthomelas, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Nymphalis xanthomelas, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Nymphalis xanthomelas, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Nymphalis xanthomelas, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Nymphalis xanthomelas, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Nymphalis xanthomelas, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Nymphalis xanthomelas; [BOW]: pl. 2, f. 27; [EBW]; [MRS], 572; Kudrna & Belicek, 2005, Oedippus 23: 28; [Otakar Kudrna]
Nymphalis (Nymphalis) xanthomelas; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

533x400 (~51Kb) larva The Izdrevaya Rivulet valley meadow 1 km of its mouth, surroundings of Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1996 (A colony of caterpillars on a willow branch hanging just above the water), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	800x600 (~115Kb) underside A road in the woody (pine/birch) Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1000x935 (~232Kb) underside A road in the woody (pine/birch) Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
672x650 (~117Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 22.08.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	1544x1028 (~203Kb) upperside Hungary: Menes Valley, Aggtelek National Park, 20.VI.2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian	732x600 (~95Kb) upperside Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 22.08.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov
800x800 (~137Kb) upperside Russia, Siberia, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Erzin Distr., the Ubsu-Nur (Uvs-Nor) Hollow, Tes-Khem right bank floodland 5 km SW of v. Erzin, 50o15' N 95o06' E, alt. 1150-1200 m, meadows, open Betula microphylla and willow forests. 13th July 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1210x510 (~99Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 15.6.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov	1002x476 (~89Kb) pupa Russia, Moscow area, 22.6.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov
1163x821 (~146Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area, 28.6.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N) ex.l., Photo © D. Smirnov	730x760 (~104Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 28.6.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N) ex.l., Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Salix [SPRK], Salix elegans, Pistacia integerrima, Celtis australis [BIR] [MRS], Salix excelsa [BRU2], 28

N. x. xanthomelas CEU, SEEU, Caucasus, Siberia, Far East, Amur, Ussuri
- cibinensis (Dannehl, 1925)
- Nymphalis xanthomelas chosenessa Bryk, 1946
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) xanthomelas xanthomelas; [Joseph Belicek]
- Nymphalis xanthomelas xanthomelas; [BRU2], 28; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
N. x. hazara Wyatt & Omoto, 1966 Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai
- Nymphalis xanthomelas hazara; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) xanthomelas hazara; [Joseph Belicek]
N. x. modesta Bryk, 1946
N. x. mongolica Bryk, 1946
N. x. japonica (Stichel, 1902) Japan, Sakhalin, Kuriles
- Vanessa xanthomelas japonica Stichel, 1902
- Vaenssa xanthomelas japonica ab. tezukae Yagi, 1922; Ber. Ohara inst. landw. Forsch. 2 (2): 233, pl. 13, f. 1; TL: Mt Taro, Shinano pref.
- Vanessa xanthomelas sachalinensis Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15: 97, pl. 8, f. 10 ♂; TL: Sakhalin
- Vanessa xanthomelas jezoensis Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15: 97, pl. 8, f. 11 ♂; TL: Hokkaido, Sapporo
- Nymphalis xanthomelas sachalinensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 105; [BOW]: pl. 2, f. 27 (text only); [BRU2], 28
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) xanthomelas japonica; [Joseph Belicek]
N. x. formosana (Matsumura, 1925) Formosa
- Vanessa xanthomelas formosana Matsumura, 1925; J. Coll. Agric. Hokkaido imp. Univ. 15: 97, pl. 8, f. 12 ♂; TL: Formosa
- Nymphalis xanthomelas formosana; [MRS], 572
- Nymphalis (Nymphalis) xanthomelas formosana; [Joseph Belicek]
640x464 (~69Kb) upperside Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin 640x451 (~40Kb) underside Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin
N. x. anna Krzywicki, 1967
- Nymphalis xanthomelas anna Krzywicki, 1967; Ann. zool. Warsz. 25 (1): (1-213) ; TL: Bielowieza, Poland
N. x. fervescens (Stichel, [1908]) Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh
- Vanessa xanthomelas fervescens Stichel, [1908]; ; TL: Mardan, India
- fervida (Staudinger, 1901); (preocc.)
- Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens; [MRS], 572; [BRU2], 28

Subgenus Aglais Dalman, 1816

Aglais Dalman, 1816; K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816 (1): 56; TS: Papilio urticae Linnaeus
Ichnusa Reuss, 1939; Ent. Zs. 53 (1) (1): 3; TS: Papilio (Vanessa) ichnusa Bonelli

Nymphalis urticae (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Asia Minor, C.Asia, Siberia, China, Mongolia, Korea. See [maps] Nokkosperhonen Small Tortoiseshell Mountain Tortoiseshell Nässelfjäril Kleiner Fuchs La Petite Tortue Ortiguera Rusałka pokrzywnik

Papilio urticae Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 477
ichnusoides (Sélys, 1837)
atrebatensis (Boisduval, 1873)
osborni (Donckier de Douceel, 1881)
Vanessa urticae var. alba Cosmovici, 1892; Le Naturaliste (2) 6 (136): 255
nigricaria (de Moffarte, 1895)
discolor (Rühl, 1896)
pygmaea (Rühl, 1896)
nigrita (Fickert, 1897)
thibetana (Austaut, 1898); ; TL: Tibet
turcicoides (Staudinger, 1901); ; TL: Turkmenistan
conjuncta (Neuburger, 1905)
dannenbergi (Neuburg, 1905)
?xanthomeleana repetita (Jachontov, 1905)
consentanea (Jachontov, 1906)
bolandii (Lambillion, 1907)
brunneoviolacea (Raynor, 1909)
alba (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
flavotessellata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
ignea (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
ioformis (Raynor, 1909)
lutea (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
magniguttata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
magnilunulata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
magninotata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
magnipuncta (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
nubilata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
parviguttata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
parvipuncta (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
punctijuncta (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
radiata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
strigata (Raynor, 1909); ; TL: Essex, England
subtusornata (Reuss, 1910)
pseudoconnexa (Cabeau, 1911); ; TL: Belgium
erythrophaea (Fritsch, 1913); ; TL: Germany
fervida (Fritsch, 1913); ; TL: Germany
teruelensis (Sheldon, 1913)
fasciata (Manslowscy, 1923); ; TL: Poland
obtusa (Bang-Haas, 1927); ; TL: Kansu, China
semiichnusoides (Pronin, 1928); ; TL: Germany
Vanessa urticae coreensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
Aglais urticae variegata de Sagarra, 1930; Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 10 (7): 113
Aglais urticae f. pseudoichnusa de Sagarra, 1930; Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 10 (7): 114
impuncta (Lempke, 1931); Belgium

Aglais urticae, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Aglais urticae, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Aglais urticae, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Aglais urticae, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Aglais urticae, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Aglais urticae, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Aglais urticae, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Vanessa urticae; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 425
Aglais urticae; [BOW]: pl. 1, f. 11; [EBW]; [MRS], 569; [BMAT]: 104, pl. 32, f. 28 (two records in N.Africa); [BRU2]: 29, pl. 19, f. 1-9; [Opler]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 87
Nymphalis urticae; [Otakar Kudrna]
Nymphalis (Aglais) urticae; [RFEL]

1200x873 (~91Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, 7.8.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	500x378 (~125Kb) Plymbridge woods, Devon, UK 24/06/95, Photo © Simon Coombes	600x435 (~32Kb) upperside FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 28.4.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
800x600 (~112Kb) upperside male female The Zyryanka Rivulet valley, the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 7th April 1995 (Playing male and female), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	400x533 (~52Kb) pupa Nettle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south-exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border). 24th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	636x574 (~43Kb) underside An Irtysh River left arm within the city of Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. 29th July 1998 (on Butomus umbellatus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
474x671 (~25Kb) pupa Nettle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south- exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border) (A just hatched pupa, still soft and not fully coloured, which is sucked by a group of bugs (not carnivorous ones!)). 24th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	590x400 (~70Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	600x400 (~44Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
1000x760 (~88Kb) upperside FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 26.8.2000, Photo © Markku Savela	600x800 (~89Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 30.6.2002(?), Photo © Leif Wahlberg	600x800 (~87Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 4.8.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg
779x584 (~102Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 2.9.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg	1100x1005 (~128Kb) upperside Russia, Udmurtia, Izhevsk (parklike areas along shore of "Izhevsky Prud"), 5.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela	1095x749 (~133Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 16.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
687x605 (~113Kb) upperside Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 08.08.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov	976x457 (~99Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 30.7.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov	517x831 (~87Kb) pupa Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 3.8.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
1016x707 (~110Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 19.8.2009 (ex.l), Photo © D. Smirnov	1013x792 (~369Kb) larva Russia, Western Siberia, Tomsk region., Bakcharsky rn, p. Plotnikovo, big pond. July 21, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	833x1210 (~244Kb) larva A mature larva. A birch/larch forest edge on the Akkem River left bank terrace at the Kuzuyak Brook mouth, Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 6th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
800x578 (~66Kb) larva Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, 29.6.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen

Larva on Urtica , U. urens, U. dioeca, Humulus lupulus [SPRK], Urticaceae [MRS], Urtica angustifolia, Cannabis sativa [BRU2], 30

N. u. urticae EU, W.Siberia - Altai
- Aglais urticae urticae
- Aglais urticae urticae; [BRU2], 30; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
- Nymphalis (Aglais) urticae urticae; [Joseph Belicek]
N. u. polaris (Staudinger, 1871) N.Europe, Siberia, Far East
- Aglais urticae polaris Staudinger, 1871
- Aglais urticae polaris; [BRU2], 30; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
N. u. turcica (Staudinger, 1871) SEU, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh, Middle Asia
- Aglais urticae turcica; [BRU2], 30
N. u. baicalensis (Kleinschmidt, 1929) Sayan, Transbaikalia
- Aglais urticae baicalensis Kleinschmidt, 1929
- Aglais urticae baicalensis; [BRU2], 30
N. u. eximia (Sheljuzhko, 1919) Amur, Ussuri
- ussuriensis (Kleinschmidt, 1929)
- mandschuriensis (Kleinschmidt, 1929)
- Aglais urticae eximia; [BRU2], 30
N. u. stoetzneri (Kleinschmidt, 1929) Szechuan
- urticae stoetzneri (Kleinschmidt, 1929); ; TL: Szechuan
- Aglais urticae stoetzneri; [BRU2], 30
N. u. kansuensis (Kleinschmidt, 1940)
- Vanessa urticae kansuensis Kleinschmidt, 1940; ; TL: NW.China
- Aglais urticae kansuensis; [MRS], 569
- Nymphalis (Aglais) urticae kansuensis; [Joseph Belicek]
N. u. chinensis Leech, 1893
- urticae chinensis (Leech, 1893); Butts China Japan Corea (1): 258, pl. 25, f. 1
- Aglais urticae chinensis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
- Aglais urticae chinensis; [MRS], 569
- Aglais nixa chinensis; [BRU2], 31
- Nymphalis (Aglais) urticae chinensis; [Joseph Belicek]
- Aglais urticae chinensis; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 80 (note)
N. u. connexa (Butler, [1882]) S.Ussuri, S.Sakhalin, Kuriles, Japan
- Vanessa connexa Butler, [1882]; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 (4): 851; TL: Toshima, Hokkaido
- Vanessa urticae connexa ab. kaiensis Kanda & Fujimori, 1931; Zephyrus 3 (3/4): 174
- Aglais connexa; [BRU2]: 30, pl. 19, f. 10-12; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
- Aglais urticae conexa[sic, recte connexa]; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 107
- Nymphalis (Aglais) connexa; [RFEL]
- Nymphalis (Aglais) urticae connexa; [Joseph Belicek]

Nymphalis ichnusa (Hübner, [1823-1824])

Corsica, Sardinia. See [maps]

Papilio ichnusa Hübner, [1823-1824]; Samml. eur. Schmett. [1]: pl. 170, f. 840
Papilio (Vanessa) ichnusa Bonelli, 1826; Mem. Acc. Sci. Torino 30: 174, 186, pl. 2, f. 2

Nymphalis (Aglais) ichnusa; [Joseph Belicek]
Nymphalis ichnusa; [Otakar Kudrna]

1600x1246 (~300Kb) upperside male Corsica, Ventiseri, 5.VI.1971, e.l, coll. NMSB, Photo © O. Kudrna

1600x1243 (~209Kb) underside male Corsica, Ventiseri, 5.VI.1971, e.l, coll. NMSB, Photo © O. Kudrna

Nymphalis caschmirensis (Kollar, [1844])

Himalaya, ?Pamirs. See [maps] Indian Tortoiseshell

Vanessa caschmirensis Kollar, [1844]; in Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek 4: 442, pl. 9, f. 3-4; TL: Kashmir
Vanessa caschmirensis aesis Fruhstorfer, 1912; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 527
Vanessa cashmiriensis ; [BIR]

Aglais caschmirensis, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

Aglais cashmirensis aesis; Morishita & Inomata, 1998, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 49 (1): 6
Aglais kaschmirensis[sic]; auct.
Aglais caschmirensis; [BOW]: pl. 1, f. 11 (text only); [EBW]; [BRU2]: 31, pl. 20, f. 4-6; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37

1600x1200 (~208Kb) upperside India: Kalimpong nr. Darjeeling, 10.10.1960 (T.W. Davies leg.), Photo © Norbert Kondla

1600x1200 (~242Kb) underside India: Kalimpong nr. Darjeeling, 10.10.1960 (T.W. Davies leg.), Photo © Norbert Kondla

1400x1072 (~164Kb) upperside Nepal: Thorung Phedi, between Manang and Muktinath, 4400m, 16.6.2007, Photo © Visa Mäkelä

N. c. caschmirensis
- Nymphalis (Aglais) caschmirensis caschmirensis; [Joseph Belicek]

N. c. nixa (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Afghanistan, Pakistan, W.China

Vanessa urticae var. nixa Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 426

Aglais urticae nixa;
Aglais nixa; [BRU2]: 30, pl. 19, f. 13-18
Aglais caschmirensis nixa; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
Nymphalis (Aglais) caschmirensis nixa; [Joseph Belicek]

533x400 (~60Kb) upperside A large-stoned scree, at about 2500 m altitude in the headwaters of the Artuch River, Fanskie Gory - a mountain massif between the Zeravshanskii and Ghissarskii mountain ranges, Tadjikistan. 30th April 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Nymphalis rizana (Moore, 1872) Pamirs-Alai, Afghanistan, NW.Himalayas. See [maps]
- Vanessa rizana Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 559; TL: Cheeni, Middle Kunawur, NW. Himalaya
- Aglais rizana; [BRU2]: 31, pl. 20, f. 1-3; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
- Nymphalis (Aglais) rizana; [Joseph Belicek]
Nymphalis ladakensis (Moore, 1878) W.Himalayas - Tibet. See [maps] Ladak Tortoiseshell
- Vanessa ladakensis Moore, 1878; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 1 (3): 227; TL: Gogra, Changchenmo (15000ft), Ladak; Karatagh lake, on snow (16890ft), Yarkund
- Aglais ladakensis; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37 (?)
- Nymphalis (Aglais) ladakensis; [Joseph Belicek]

Nymphalis milberti (Godart, 1819)

California - Canada - Virginia, Oklahoma. See [maps] Milbert's Tortoiseshell Fire-rim Tortoiseshell

Vanessa milberti Godart, 1819; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 307

Aglais milberti, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Aglais milberti milberti, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Aglais milberti, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Aglais milberti, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Nymphalis milberti, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]

Aglais melbirti; Edwards, 1872, (missp.)
Nymphalis milberti; [BOW]: pl. 14. f. 12
Aglais milberti; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23; [EBW]; [NACL], #4433; [Opler]

800x532 (~84Kb) upperside USA: Glacier Basin Path, Mt. Rainier, (46°57'12N 121°40'09W), Pierce Co., WA, 21.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela	600x516 (~42Kb) upperside USA: FR 9711, (47°18'23N 120°36'31W), Kittitas Co., WA, 7.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela	1200x991 (~156Kb) USA: Washington, Skagit Co., Sauk Mountain Trail Head & Trail, 15.8.2012, Photo © Markku Savela
1600x1178 (~242Kb) upperside Canada: Savona, British Columbia, 14.9.2009 (D.L. Threatful coll.), Photo © Norbert Kondla	1600x1183 (~268Kb) underside Canada: Savona, British Columbia, 14.9.2009 (D.L. Threatful coll.), Photo © Norbert Kondla

Larva on Urtica [NAB]

N. m. milberti
- Nymphalis (Aglais) milberti milberti; [Joseph Belicek]
N. m. furcillata (Say, 1825)
- Vanessa furcillata Say, 1825
- Vanessa milberti var. subpallida Cockerell, 1889; Ent.: 185; TL: Colorado
- Aglais rothkei Gunder, 1927; ; TL: Pennsylvania
- Aglais milberti subpallida, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Aglais milberti subpallida; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23
- Aglais milberti furcillata; [NACL], #4433a
- Nymphalis (Aglais) milberti furcillata; [Joseph Belicek]
N. m. viola (dos Passos, 1938) Newfoundland
- Aglais milberti viola dos Passos, 1938; Can. Ent. 70: (72-73); TL: Doyles Station, Newfoundland
- Aglais milberti viola, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Aglais milberti viola; [NACL], #4433b
- Nymphalis (Aglais) milberti viola; [Joseph Belicek]
N. m. pullum (Austin, 1998) Arizona
- Aglais milberti pullum Austin, 1998; Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (46): 578, f. 21-24; TL: White Mountains, Arizona
- Aglais milberti pullum, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Subgenus Euvanessa Scudder, 1889

Euvanessa Scudder, 1889; Butts eastern U.S. Canada 1: 387; TS: Papilio antiopa Linnaeus

Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Temperate Eurasia, Chumbi Valley, Bhutan, NA, Mexico. See [maps] Suruvaippa Camberwell Beauty Mourning Cloak Sorgmantel Trauermantel Le Morio Antiopa Rusałka żałobnik

Papilio antiopa Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 476; TL: Sweden, America
morio (Retzius, 1783)
?hippolita (Skinner, 1898)
pusilla (Strand, 1901); Schrift. Nat. Ges. Danzig, N.F. 10: 285
Vanessa antiopa ab. transiens Lütkemeyer, 1920; Ent. Zs. 34 (13): 51
Vanessa borealis Wnukowsky, 1927

Nymphalis antiopa, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Nymphalis antiopa, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Nymphalis antiopa, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Nymphalis antiopa, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Nymphalis antiopa antiopa, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Nymphalis antiopa, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Nymphalis antiopa, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Nymphalis antiopa, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Nymphalis antiopa, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Nymphalis antiopa, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Nymphalis antiopa, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Vanessa antiopa ab. pusilla; Strand, 1912, Ent. Zs. 25 (49): 253
Vanessa antiopa; Godman & Salvin, [1882], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 215; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 682
Euvanessa antiopa; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23
Nymphalis antiopa; [BOW]: pl. 2, f. 25; [EBW]; [NACL], #4432; [MRS], 571; [BMAT]: 104, pl. 32, f. 26 (not in N.Africa); [BRU2]: 29, pl. 18, f. 4-6; [Opler]; [NL4A], #2029; [Otakar Kudrna]
Nymphalis (Nymphalis) antiopa; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

640x430 (~34Kb) larva Southern Poland, Pieniny Mts., 20.7.1996, Photo © Marek Michalski	624x951 (~62Kb) pupa Sukayu, Aomori, Japan, 8-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt	951x624 (~135Kb) upperside Sukayu, Aomori, Japan, 8-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt
797x400 (~63Kb) larva An edge of a riparian poplar wood in the valley of the Shivilig- Khem River just leaving the mountains, the southern foot of the East Tannu-Ola mounatin range, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 17th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1000x685 (~80Kb) upperside FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 6.9.1998, Photo © Markku Savela	900x625 (~80Kb) upperside Finland, Järvenpää, 670:39, 16.8.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
597x400 (~65Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	597x400 (~67Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	600x812 (~73Kb) pupa FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, 671:53, 12.8.2000, Photo © Markku Savela
991x712 (~128Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 30.8.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov	830x634 (~110Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 30.8.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov	739x691 (~105Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 30.8.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov
1200x811 (~221Kb) larva USA: Alabama, 12.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1315x1070 (~185Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 9.4.2000, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1000x905 (~156Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 20.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny

Larva on Salix , S. pentandra, S. starkeana, S. caprea, S. aurita, S. cinerea, S. phylicifolia, Betula sp., B. verrucosa, Alnus incana, Populus tremula [SPRK], Populus spp., Ulmus spp., Betula chinensis [MRS]

N. a. antiopa Sweden, ...
- Papilio pompadour Pollich, 1781; ; TL: Germany
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- var. hygiea (Heydenreich, 1846) (Vanessa); Verz. eur. Schmett.: 7 (nom. nud.)
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- ab. hygiaea (Heydenreich, 1851) (Vanessa); ; TL: ?
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- Vanessa lintnerii Fitch, 1856; ; TL: New York
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- Vanessa thomsonii Butler, 1887; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (110): 104; TL: "British Honduras?"
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- var. obscura (Cockerell, 1890) (Vanessa); ; TL: New York
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- ab. hippolyta (Lyman, 1898) (Vanessa); ; TL: Canada
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- var. grandis (Ehrmann, 1900) (Vanessa); Can. Ent. 32 (11): 348; TL: Pennsylvania
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- Vanessa betulae Fabricius, 1938; (repl. name)
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- Vanessa bibla Fabricius, 1938; ; TL: Pennsylvania
  - = Nymphalis antiopa antiopa ; [NL4A], #2029a
- Euvanessa antiopa hygiaea; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23
- Nymphalis antiopa antiopa; [NL4A], #2029a; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Euvanessa) antiopa antiopa; [Joseph Belicek]

N. a. hyperborea (Seitz, 1914)

Vanessa antiopa hyperborea Seitz, 1914; ; TL: Alaska

Nymphalis antiopa hyperborea; [NACL], #4432a
Nymphalis (Euvanessa) antiopa hyperborea; [Joseph Belicek]

1600x1200 (~373Kb) larva Canada: ex ova, June 2006 (2md. 3rd & 4th instars, on Ulmus americana), Photo © Joseph Belicek

1600x1200 (~225Kb) ova Canada: Edmonton, Alberta, 7.5.2006 (on Ulmus americana), Photo © Joseph Belicek

N. a. asopos (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Japan
- Vanessa (Euvanessa) antiopa asopos Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (17): 94; TL: Japan
- Nymphalis antiopa asopos; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 106; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
1600x1200 (~294Kb) Japan, Hokkaido, Mt. Kariba, 18. VIII. 1990, Photo © Joseph Belicek
N. a. yedanula (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Sichuan
- Vanessa antiopa yedanula Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (17): 94; TL: Szetchuan, Siao-Lou

Nymphalis cyanomelas (Doubleday, [1848]) Mexico - El Salvador. See [maps]
- Vanessa cyanomelas Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 201 (Lep.), (1) pl. 26, f. 5 ; TL: Mexico
- Nymphalis cyanomelas, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Vanessa cyanomelas; Godman & Salvin, [1882], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 215
- Nymphalis cyanomelas; [NL4A], #2031
- Nymphalis (Euvanessa) cyanomelas; [Joseph Belicek]
1600x1127 (~330Kb) upperside Honduras: Photo Joseph Belicek © BMNH 1600x1200 (~285Kb) underside Honduras: Photo Joseph Belicek © BMNH

Miller & Miller, 1990. The Entomologist 109(2): 106-115.
"... From the mountains of Mexico to El Salvador, the striking, steel-blue N. cyanomelas flies in cloud forest patches, which often are completely surrounded by drier upland areas in which typical antiopa may occur."

Subgenus Inachis Hübner, [1819]

Inachis Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 37; TS: Papilio io Linnaeus

Nymphalis io (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, Temperate Asia, Japan. See [maps] Neitoperhonen Peacock Påfågelsöga Tagpfauenauge Paon de Jour Pavo Real Rusałka pawik

Papilio io Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 472
ioides (Ochsenheimer, 1807); Schmett. Europa 1 (1): 109
sardoa (Staudinger, 1871); ; TL: Sardinia
exoculata (Weymer, 1878)
dyophtalmica (Garbini, 1883)
veronensis (Garbini, 1883)
belisaria (Oberthür, 1889)
fischeri (Standfuss, 1892)
calorefacta (Urech, 1897)
jocaste (Urech, 1897)
narses (Schultz, 1899)
pavo (Stichel, 1902)
cyanosticta (Raynor, 1903)
fulva (Oudemans, 1905)
Inachis io ab. oligoio Reuss, 1939; Ent. Zs. 53 (1) (1): 3

Inachis io, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Inachis io, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Inachis io, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Inachis io, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Inachis io, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Inachis io; [BOW]: pl. 2, f. 17; [EBW]; [MRS], 576; [BMAT]: 104, pl. 32, 27 (Algiers, 1961); [BRU2]: 26, pl. 20, f. 7-9; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
Nymphalis io; [Otakar Kudrna]
Nymphalis (Inachis) io; [RFEL]

500x383 (~55Kb) upperside Plymbridge woods, Devon, UK 15/08/92, Photo © Simon Coombes	500x438 (~26Kb) upperside Finland, Kangasala, Murto, 6818:340, 25.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen	533x400 (~49Kb) upperside A valley meadow at the Shadrikha Rivulet at the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 24th May 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
512x768 (~64Kb) upperside Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ötisheim, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 300m, 15.10.1995, Photo © Karl Hofsäß	600x673 (~52Kb) larva Finland, Askola, ex.l. 17.7.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	520x785 (~45Kb) pupa Finland, Askola, ex.l. 17.7.1977, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
900x1074 (~131Kb) upperside Finland, Helsinki 3.8.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen	596x400 (~75Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	400x598 (~40Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
592x400 (~75Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	600x800 (~72Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 8.8.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg	800x600 (~95Kb) larva Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 13.7.2004, Photo © Leif Wahlberg
800x467 (~91Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 1.7.2005 (young), Photo © D. Smirnov	960x768 (~158Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 3.8.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	568x642 (~96Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 09.08.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov
900x628 (~63Kb) FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 13.9.1998, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Urtica dioeca [SPRK], Humulus lupulus, Urtica angustifolia, Urticaceae [MRS]

N. i. io
- Inachis io io; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
- Nymphalis (Inachis) io io; [Joseph Belicek]
N. i. caucasica (Jachontov, 1912) Azerbaijan
- Nymphalis (Inachis) io caucasica; [Joseph Belicek]
N. i. geisha (Stichel, 1908) Japan, Far East
- Nymphalis io geisha; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 106; [RFEL]
- Inachis io geisha; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 37
- Nymphalis (Inachis) io geisha; [Joseph Belicek]

Subgenus Roddia Korshunov, 1995

Subgenus Roddia (Nymphalis); Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

Nymphalis l-album (Esper, 1781)

EEU, Temperate Asia, China, Japan. See [maps] Valkotäplänokkosperhonen False Comma Compton Tortoiseshell Vitfläckad Fuks Poppelfuks Weißes L Rusałka laik

Papilio l-album Esper, 1781; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (3): 69, (2) pl. 62, f. 3a, 3b; TL: "Ungarn & Oesterreich"
Papilio vau album [= vaualbum] Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775; Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend: 176 (nom. nud.); TL: Vienna
Vanessa l-album ab. chelone Schultz, 1903; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 15 (2): 324; TL: Oesterreich
Vanessa l-album ab. contexta Schultz, 1908; Soc. Ent. 22 (23): 177
Polygonia l-album ab. koentzeyi Diószeghy, 1913; Rovartani Lapok 20: 193; TL: [W.Romania, Arad] Ineu
?Polygonia l.album[sic] ab. immaculata Diószeghy, 1935; Verh. Sieben. Ver. Nat. 83-84: 111
Polygonia l-album f. mureisana Matsumura, 1939; Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 356; TL: Mt. Murei

Nymphalis vaualbum, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Nymphalis vaualbum, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Nymphalis l-album, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Nymphalis l-album, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Nymphalis vaualbum, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Nymphalis vaualbum, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Nymphalis vaualbum, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]

Nymphalis vau-album[sic, recte vaualbum]; [H&R], 85; [EBW]; [NACL], #4430; [MRS], 573
Polygonia l-album; [BOW]: pl. 197, f. 6
Nymphalis l-album; Kudrna & Belicek, 2005, Oedippus 23: 28; [Otakar Kudrna]
Nymphalis vaualbum; [BRU2]: 28, pl. 17, f. 1-7
Roddia vaualbum; [Opler]
Nymphalis (Roddia) vaualbum; [RFEL]
Nymphalis (Roddia) vau-album[sic, recte vaualbum]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Roddia l-album; [Joseph Belicek]

2272x1704 (~249Kb) upperside female Russia, Ekaterinburg suburb, Shabrovskiy village, 2-7 August 2002, Photo 2006 © Norbert Kondla	2272x1704 (~288Kb) underside female Russia, Ekaterinburg suburb, Shabrovskiy village, 2-7 August 2002, Photo 2006 © Norbert Kondla	691x1108 (~126Kb) pupa A Spiraea hypericifolia bush on a meadow on the Katun' River right bank at the very Akkem River mouth, on its W side. Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
731x956 (~148Kb) pupa A Spiraea hypericifolia bush on a meadow on the Katun' River right bank at the very Akkem River mouth, on its W side. Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	977x956 (~394Kb) upperside Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	800x606 (~88Kb) underside A high right board of the Inya River valley at the Razyezd Inya railway station, Novsibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd April 2000 (sipping sap from a vounded birch), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
660x620 (~152Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 21.7.2012 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Hippophae , Populus , Salix , Ulmus [SPRK]

N. l. l-album
- Nymphalis vau-album vau-album[sic, recte vaualbum]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Roddia) l-album l-album; [Joseph Belicek]

N. l. samurai (Fruhstorfer, 1907) Japan, Sakhalin

Vanessa l-album samurai Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (8): 60; TL: Hondo, Japan

Nymphalis vaualbum samurai; [BRU2], 28; [RFEL]
Polygonia vau-album samurai; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 105
Nymphalis vau-album samurai; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Nymphalis (Roddia) l-album samurai; [Joseph Belicek]

1600x1200 (~349Kb) upperside male Mt. Asahi, nr. Kawara Hut, Yamanochi-cho, Nagano Pref., Japan, 22.VII.2002, Photo © Joseph Belicek

1600x1200 (~259Kb) underside male Mt. Asahi, nr. Kawara Hut, Yamanochi-cho, Nagano Pref., Japan, 22.VII.2002, Photo © Joseph Belicek

N. l. arbustus Churkin & Zhdanko, 2002 Kirghizstan
- Nymphalis vau-album arbustus; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Roddia) l-album arbustus; [Joseph Belicek]

Nymphalis j-album (Boisduval & Leconte, 1833)

Alaska - British Columbia, Canada - Michigan. See [maps]

j-album (Boisduval & Leconte, 1833); Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (11-22): 185
pocahontas (Scudder, 1889)
Grapta j-album aureomarginata Cockerell, 1889; Entomologist 22: 100
Aglais l-album watsoni Hall, 1924

Nymphalis l-album j-album, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Nymphalis vau-album watsoni; [NACL], #4430b
Eugonia j-album; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23
Polygonia j-album; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 24
Nymphalis l-album j-album; [Jonathan Pelham]
Nymphalis vau-album j-album; [NACL], #4430a
Nymphalis (Roddia) j-album; [Joseph Belicek]

1600x1200 (~328Kb) upperside male Canada, Manitoba, Fisher Branch, 22.7.1955, Photo © Joseph Belicek	1600x1200 (~285Kb) underside male Canada, British Columbia, Blue River, 2003, Photo © Joseph Belicek	800x599 (~139Kb) underside USA, Alaska, mile 17.5 Chena Hot Springs Road east of Fairbanks, 25. I. 2005 (hibernating in a shed), Photo © Kenelm W. Philip
800x600 (~73Kb) upperside female Alaska, Mosquito Lake Store, off mile 27 Haines Highway, 23 Sept. 1984, Pam Moore, leg., Photo © Kenelm W. Philip	800x600 (~78Kb) underside female Alaska, Mosquito Lake Store, off mile 27 Haines Highway, 23 Sept. 1984, Pam Moore, leg., Photo © Kenelm W. Philip	800x600 (~93Kb) upperside Alaska, nr. Fairbanks, summer 2004, Photo © Kenelm W. Philip
800x600 (~71Kb) underside mile 2.6 on the Forest access road near Fairbanks, Alaska feeding on aphid exudate, 20 July, 2005, Photo © Kenelm W. Philip	1631x1591 (~540Kb) underside female Canada, British Columbia, 3km W of Nelway, 21.7.2006, Photo © Norbert Kondla	1410x1457 (~428Kb) underside male Canada, British Columbia, Pend-d'Oreile valley, Tillicum Creek, 21.7.2006, Photo © Norbert Kondla
1600x1062 (~184Kb) ova USA: Sinhalekin Wildlife Area, Okanogan Co., Washington, 16.4.2007 (eggs 0.9mm on Betula papyrifera), Photo © Dave Nunnallee	1600x1074 (~388Kb) upperside male USA: Slate Creek Road, Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille Co., Washington, 13.8.2007, Photo © Dave Nunnallee

Larva on Betula papyrifera [Dave Nunnallee], Ulmus americana?

Subgenus Polygonia Hübner, [1819]

Polygonia Hübner, [1819]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (3): 36; TS: Papilio c-aureum Linnaeus

Nymphalis c-aureum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amur, NE.China, Korea, Japan. See [maps] Asian Comma

Papilio c-aureum Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 477
?c-aureum (Linnaeus, 1767)
f. pryeri (Janson, 1877)
Polygonia c-aureum ab. atra Naito, 1930; Zephyrus 2 (4): 204
c-aureum coreana (Bryk, 1946)

Polygonia c-aureum, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Polygonia c-aureum c-aureum, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Polygonia c-aureum; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 105; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 197, f. 3; [MRS], 574; [BRU2]: 27, pl. 16, f. 1-6; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

656x481 (~31Kb) upperside Japan, 2002, Photo © Kazuhide Yoshida	655x918 (~115Kb) upperside A small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	762x626 (~81Kb) underside A small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
780x1011 (~94Kb) upperside Japan: Lake Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, 23.8.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant	1023x991 (~348Kb) underside Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 10th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Larva on Humulopsis scandens, H. cordifolius, Cannabis sativa [BRU2], 27

N. c. c-aureum
- Papilio angelica Stoll, [1782]; in Cramer, Uitl. Kapellen 4 (32-32): 204, pl. 388, f. G, H
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) c-aureum c-aureum; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. lunulata (Esaki & Nakahara, 1924) Taiwan
- Polygonia c-aureum lunulata Esaki & Nakahara, 1924
- Polygonia c-aureum lunulata; [MRS], 574
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) c-aureum lunulata; [Joseph Belicek]
640x462 (~32Kb) upperside Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin 640x476 (~37Kb) underside Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin

Larva on Humulus scandens, Cannabis sativa, Linum usitatissimum, Citrus spp., Pyrus spp. [MRS]

Nymphalis egea (Cramer, [1775])

SEU, Syria, AM, Iran, Baluchistan - Bhutan. See [maps] Southern Comma Eastern Comma Gelber C-Falter

Papilio egea Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 124, pl. 78, f. C, D
Papilio vau-album Esper, 1780; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (1): 8, pl. 52
Papilio vau-album Borkhausen, 1788
Papilio i-album Esper, 1789; Die Schmett., Suppl. Th 1 (3-4): 14, pl. 95
L-album (Hübner, 1791)
triangulum (Fabricius, 1793)
f-album (Fabricius, 1793)
f. autumnalis (Stefanelli, 1873)
f. pallida (Evans, 1932); (preocc.)

Polygonia egea, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Polygonia egea, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Polygonia egea, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Polygonia egea, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Polygonia egea, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Polygonia egea; [BOW]: pl. 3, f. 16; [EBW]; [BMAT]: 104, pl. 32, f. 29-30 (not in N.Africa); [BRU2]: 27, pl. 16, f. 7-18; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Nymphalis egea; [Otakar Kudrna]

1266x844 (~251Kb) upperside Monte Negro, Cetinje, Rijeka Crnojevica, 11.8.2005, Photo © Slavko Polak

912x912 (~136Kb) underside Monte Negro, Cetinje, Rijeka Crnojevica, 11.8.2005, Photo © Slavko Polak

Larva on Parietaria , less Urtica [H&R], Parietaria officinalis [BIR], Parietaria , Urtica , Parietaria diffusa [BRU2], 27

N. e. egea Transcaucasia, Kopet-Dagh
- Polygonia egea egea
- balucha (Evans, 1932)
- Polygonia egea egea; [BRU2], 27; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) egea egea; [Joseph Belicek]
N. e. undina (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890) Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan
- Vanessa egea[?] var. undina Grum-Grshimailo, 1890; in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 424, pl. 17, f. 1
- Polygonia egea undina; [BRU2], 27; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) egea undina; [Joseph Belicek]

Nymphalis gigantea (Leech, 1890)

Tibet - C.China. See [maps]

Grapta gigantea Leech, 1890; Entomologist 23: 189; TL: Ta-Chien-Lu
Grapta erebina Oberthür, 1911
Grapta bocki Rothschild, 1894; Novit. Zool. 1 (2): 535, pl. 12, f. 7, Interior of China (W of Ishang)

Polygonia gigantea; [BOW]: pl. 197, f. 4; [MRS], 575
Polygonia giganteum; [Wahlberg]
Nymphalis (Polygonia) gigantea; [Joseph Belicek]

1600x1179 (~330Kb) upperside male Western China, in the collection of NHMW - Wien (61mm), Photo 2004 © Joseph Belicek

1600x1200 (~323Kb) underside male Western China, in the collection of NHMW - Wien (61mm), Photo 2004 © Joseph Belicek

Nymphalis c-album (Linnaeus, 1758)

EU, NAF, AM, AN, AC, China, Japan. See [maps] Herukkaperhonen Comma Vinbärsfuks Weißes C Robert le Diable C-blanca Rusałka ceik

Papilio c-album Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1: 477
Papilio f-album Esper, 1783; Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (8): 168, pl. 87
g-album (Fourcroy, 1785)
Polygonia marsyas Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1): 16 (based on mislabeled specimens)
f. hatchinsonii (Robson, 1881)
f. lunigera (Butler, 1881)
variegata (Tutt, 1896)
pictior (Verity, 1919)
c-album chingana (Kleinschmidt, 1929)
Polygonia c-album coreana Nomura, 1937; Zephyrus 7: 119
Polygonia c-album coreana f. seoki Nomura, 1937; Zephyrus 7: 121
Polygonia c-album sakurai f. nakaharai Nomura, 1937; Zephyrus 7: 124
sagitta (Frohawk, 1938)
suffusa (Frohawk, 1938)
Polygonia c-album f. manchurica Matsumura, 1939; Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 355; TL: Mt. Murei
castanea (Verity, 1950)

Polygonia c-album, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
Polygonia c-album, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
Polygonia c-album, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Polygonia c-album, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Polygonia c-album, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Polygonia c-album, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Polygonia c-album, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Polygonia c-album, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

Polygonia c-album; [BOW]: pl. 3, f. 15; [EBW]; [MRS], 574; [BRU2]: 26, pl. 15, f. 1-6, 13-18; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 87; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Nymphalis c-album; [Otakar Kudrna]

500x357 (~25Kb) upperside Plymbridge woods, Devon, UK 20/08/96, Photo © Simon Coombes	389x500 (~72Kb) underside Plymbridge woods, Devon, UK 20/08/96, Photo © Simon Coombes	500x383 (~37Kb) upperside FINLAND: Ta: Renko, 675:35, 1.5.1997, Photo © Markku Savela
700x542 (~51Kb) Finland, Kangasala, Ruutana, 682:34, 8/1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen	742x478 (~47Kb) The Bol'shoy Tesh River right bank in its low reaches, 2 km upstream of its junction with the Kondoma River. 17th September 1994 (butterflies greedily suck a rotten Gastromyces fungus (?Lycoperdales gen. sp.)), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	1000x717 (~97Kb) upperside Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, 16.8.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen
596x400 (~68Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	400x603 (~45Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	400x596 (~53Kb) underside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
800x600 (~81Kb) upperside Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 27.7.2002, Photo © Leif Wahlberg	805x604 (~87Kb) upperside Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 27.7.2002, Photo © Leif Wahlberg	800x621 (~144Kb) upperside Russia, Udmurtia, river banks of Kama, near village Doksha east of Izhevsk, 20.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela
698x600 (~103Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 31.7.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	960x768 (~168Kb) upperside Russia, Kaluga area, 08.09.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov	644x707 (~94Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 21.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov

Larva on Ribes , R. alpinum, R. nigrum, R. rubrum, Rubus idaeus, Betula spp., Corylus avellana, Salix caprea, S. aurita, S. cinerea, S. phylicifolia, Ulmus laevis, U. glabra, Humulus lupulus, Urtica dioeca [SPRK], Urtica spp., Humulus spp., Ulmus spp., Honicera spp., Salix spp. [MRS]

N. c. c-album
- Polygonia c-album c-album; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) c-album c-album; [Joseph Belicek]
1199x1002 (~299Kb) underside Russia, West Siberia, Tomsk Province, Bakchar District. Plotnikovo village, a bank of a large pond, 21st July 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
N. c. imperfecta (Blachier, 1908) N.Africa
- Polygonia c-album imperfecta Blachier, 1908
- Polygonia c-album ab. imperfecta Blachier, 1908; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 77 (2): 214; TL: Tangier (Morocco)
- Grapta c-album f. hutchinsoni Robson, 1880; Young Naturalist 2: 110; TL: England
600x435 (~53Kb) upperside Morocco, Tizi-n-Ifar, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier 600x435 (~33Kb) underside Morocco, Tizi-n-Ifar, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier

Larva on Ribes grossularia, R. uva-crispa [BMAT]
N. c. extensa (Leech, [1892]) W.China, C.China
- Grapta c-album var. extensa Leech, [1892]; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 265, pl. 25, f. 5
- Polygonia c-album extensa; [MRS], 574
N. c. kultukensis Kleinschmidt, 1929 Transbaikalia
- Polygonia c-album kultukensis; [BRU2], 26; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) c-album kultukensis; [Joseph Belicek]
1059x1376 (~404Kb) upperside Russia, West Siberia, the eastern Altai Mts., the Chylyshman River valley left board, the Kottu-Yaryk Pass, 8th May 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
N. c. hamigera (Butler, 1877) Ussuri
- Vanessa hamigera Butler, 1877; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109): 92; TL: 370 miles from Tokei (Yedo)
- fentoni (Butler, 1878)
- Polygonia c-album hamifera f. hokkaidensis Nomura, 1937; Zephyrus 7: 114
- Polygonia c-album hamigera; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 105; [BRU2], 26; [RFEL]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) c-album hamigera; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. koreana Bryk, 1946 Korea?
- Polygonia c-album koreana; [BRU2], 26
N. c. sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1915) Sakhalin
- Polygonia c-album var. sachalinensis Matsumura, 1915; Ent. Mag. Kyoto 1 (2): 55; TL: Saghalin
- Polygonia c-album sachalinensis; [BRU2], 26
N. c. asakurai (Nakahara, 1920) Taiwan
- Polygonia asakurai Nakahara, 1920; Can. Ent. 52 (6): 138; TL: Horisha, Formosa
- Polygonia c-album asakurai; [MRS], 574
484x640 (~36Kb) underside Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin

Larva on Celtis sinensis, Ulmus parvifolia, U. uyematsui, Zelkove serrata [MRS]
N. c. agnicula (Moore, 1872) Nepal
- Grapta agnicula Moore, 1872; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872 (2): 559; TL: Katmandu, Nepal; Goolmurg, NE. of Kashmir
- Polygonia c-album agnicula; Huang, 2001

Nymphalis faunus (Edwards, 1862)

British Columbia - California, Canada, Iowa, Applachians, NA.Georgia, Labrador. See [maps] Faunus Anglewing

Grapta faunus Edwards, 1862; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 14: 222
Polygonia virescens Scudder, 1875

Polygonia faunus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia faunus faunus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia faunus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
P. faunus, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]

Polygonia faunus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4423; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 22, pl. 15, f. 2; [Opler]

602x390 (~21Kb) upperside male Edmonton, Canada, (on Ribes), Photo © Robin Leech

384x256 (~14Kb) underside male Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, August 2000, Photo © Joseph Belicek

1300x1436 (~251Kb) underside Canada, British Columbia, Record Ridge, Photo © Norbert Kondla

Larva on Betula , Alnus , Salix , Ribes , Rhododendron ? [NAB]

N. f. faunus
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) faunus faunus; [Joseph Belicek]

N. f. smythi (Clark, 1937) NA.Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia

Polygonia faunus smythi Clark, 1937; Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 84 (3013): 221, pl. 10, f. 1-6; TL: Mount Rogers (Balsam Mountain), Grayson Co., Va., ~4000ft

Polygonia faunus smythi, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Polygonia faunus smythi; [NACL], #4423a
Nymphalis (Polygonia) faunus smythi; [Joseph Belicek]

1600x1200 (~225Kb) upperside male USA: North Carolina, Franklin Macon Co., Coweta Laboratory, July 10 1972, R. Maudslay coll., Photo © Joseph Belicek

1600x1200 (~274Kb) underside male USA: North Carolina, Franklin Macon Co., Coweta Laboratory, July 10 1972, R. Maudslay coll., Photo © Joseph Belicek

N. f. rustica (Edwards, 1874) California
- Grapta rusticus Edwards, 1874; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 (2): 107
- Grapta silvius Edwards, 1874; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 (2): 108 ♀
- Polygonia faunus rusticus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Polygonia faunus rustica; [NACL], #4423b
- Polygonia faunus rusticus;
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) faunus rusticus; [Joseph Belicek]
N. f. hylas (Edwards, 1872) Colorado, Rocky Mountains, ? Colorado Anglewing
- Grapta hylas Edwards, 1872; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4: 68
- orpheus (Cross, 1926) (Polygonia); ♀
- Polygonia faunus hylas, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Polygonia hylas; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4424
- Polygonia faunus hylas; Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 46-56
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) faunus hylas; [Joseph Belicek]
Larva on Salix , Ribes inerme Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 48
N. f. arctica (Leussler, 1935)
- Polygonia faunus arcticus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Polygonia hylas arcticus; dos Passos, 1977, Pan-Pacific Ent. 53 (3): 179-180
- Polygonia faunus arcticus;
- Polygonia faunus arctica; [NACL], #4423c
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) faunus arctica; [Joseph Belicek]
N. f. fulvescens (Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998) California
- Polygonia faunus fulvescens Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998; Syst. W. N.Am. Butts.: (139-140); TL: Pescadero Creek, 400m, nr. Portola State Park, San Mateo Co., California. USA
- Polygonia faunus fulvescens, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) faunus fulvescens; [Joseph Belicek]
N. f. cenveray (Scott & Kondla, 2006)
- Polygonia faunus cenveray Scott & Kondla, 2006; Papilio (n.s.) 12: 40

Nymphalis interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798)

Mexico, USA, New York, West Virginia, Quebec. See [maps] Question Mark

Papilio interrogationis Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 424; TL: N.Amer.
Grapta umbrosa Lintner, 1869; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 2: 313; TL: New York
- = ; [NL4A], #2035
Grapta fabrici Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1): 5; TL: West Virginia
- = ; [NL4A], #2035
Grapta crameri Scudder, 1870; ; TL: USA
- = ; [NL4A], #2035
Cynthia tiliae Fabricius, 1938; (repl. name); TL: N. Amer.
- = ; [NL4A], #2035

Polygonia interrogationis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia interrogationis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia interrogationis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Polygonia interrogationis, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]
Polygonia interrogationis, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]

Grapta fabricii;
Grapta interrogationis; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 683
Polygonia interrogationis umbrosa; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22
Polygonia interrogationis; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [EBW]; [NACL], #4420; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 23; [Opler]; [NL4A], #2035
Nymphalis (Polygonia) interrogationis; [Joseph Belicek]

2272x1704 (~280Kb) upperside Canada, Ontario, Delaware, 30.8.1977 (ex. l. Ken Thornton leg.) Photo 2006 © Norbert Kondla	2272x1704 (~306Kb) underside Canada, Ontario, Delaware, 30.8.1977 (ex. l. Ken Thornton leg.) Photo 2006 © Norbert Kondla	1513x1177 (~116Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, Jeff. Co., 21.8.1999, Photo © Vitaly Charny
1177x1261 (~114Kb) underside USA: Alabama, Jeff. Co., 21.8.1999, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1451x1096 (~310Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, Shelby Co., 5.11.2000, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1116x1506 (~216Kb) underside USA: Alabama, Shelby Co., 5.11.2000, Photo © Vitaly Charny
1500x1228 (~292Kb) USA: Alabama, 3.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1453x1048 (~360Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 3.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny	1469x1157 (~214Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 3.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny
950x1293 (~227Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 12.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny Polygonia interrogationis det. Dave Ferguson	1500x1088 (~255Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 6.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny Polygonia interrogationis det. Dave Ferguson

Larva on Urticaceae , Humulus , Ulmus , Celtis [NAB]

Nymphalis comma (Harris, 1842)

Saskatchwan, ENA. See [maps] Comma

comma (Harris, 1842); Ins. Inj. Veg. (3rd ed.): 221
Grapta dryas Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1): 17
Grapta harrisii Edwards, 1873

Polygonia comma, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia comma, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia comma, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
P. comma, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]

Polygonia comma dryas; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22
Polygonia comma; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4421; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 21; [Opler]
Nymphalis (Polygonia) comma; [Joseph Belicek]

1000x733 (~112Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 12.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny

1000x763 (~146Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 4.6.2005 (on left, Polygonia interrogationis on right), Photo © Vitaly Charny

Larva on Humulus lupulus, Urtica dioica, Boehmeria cylindrica, Ulmus [NAB]

Nymphalis progne (Cramer, [1775])

British Columbia, Wyoming, Kansas - Nova Scotia, Missouri, N.Carolina, Virginia. See [maps] Gray Comma

Papilio progne Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 9, pl. 5, f. E, F
Polygonia l-argenteum Scudder, 1875; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 2: 253 (dark f.)
Polygonia progne ab. martineae Coleman, 1919; Ent. News 30 (4): 112; TL: Connecticut?

Polygonia progne, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia progne, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia progne, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
P. progne, Georgia Lepidoptera (USA) [GALEPS]

Polygonia progne l-argenteum; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23
Polygonia progne; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 23; [NACL], #4429; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 26; [Opler]

384x256 (~17Kb) upperside female Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July/August 2000, Photo © Joseph Belicek	384x256 (~14Kb) underside female Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, July/August 2000, Photo © Joseph Belicek	1600x1200 (~280Kb) upperside Wapity Ferry, AB, (reared on Goosberry, emerged 19.VII.1956, FIS 58 A-514-01), Photo 2004 © Joseph Belicek
1600x1200 (~406Kb) underside Wapity Ferry, AB, (reared on Goosberry, emerged 19.VII.1956, FIS 58 A-514-01), Photo 2004 © Joseph Belicek

N. p. progne
- Vanessa c-argenteum Kirby, 1837; in Richardson, Fauna Boreal Amer.: 292, pl. 3, f. 6-7
- Polygonia progne progne; Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 46-56
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) progne progne; [Joseph Belicek]
Larva on Ribes
N. p. nigrozephyrus (Scott, 1984) Colorado - S.Wyoming - Utah - SE.Idaho - NE.Nevada
- Polygonia progne nigrozephyrus Scott, 1984; J. Res. Lepid. 23 (3): (197-210)
- Polygonia progne nigrozephyrus; Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 46-56
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) progne nigrozephyrus; [Joseph Belicek]
Larva on Ribes inerme, Ribes leptanthum Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 47

Nymphalis oreas (Edwards, 1869)

..., Idaho, Montana, NE.Wyoming. See [maps] Oreas Anglewing Sylvan Anglewing

Grapta oreas Edwards, 1869; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 2 (4): 373
Grapta silvius Edwards, 1874; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 (2): 108 ♂
- = ; [Joseph Belicek]

Polygonia oreas, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia oreas oreas, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia oreas, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

Polygonia silvius; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4425
?Polygonia orcas; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 25 [missp. of oreas?]
Polygonia oreas; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4428; [Opler]

Larva on Ribes divaricatum, Ribes ?, Rohododendron ? [NAB]

N. o. oreas California
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) oreas oreas; [Joseph Belicek]

N. o. silenus (Edwards, 1870) Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska

Grapta oreas silenus Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1): 15

Polygonia oreas silenus, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Polygonia oreas silenus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4428a
Nympahlis (Polygonia) silenus; [Joseph Belicek]

N. o. threatfuli (Guppy & Shepard, 2001) British Columbia

Polygonia oreas threatfuli Guppy & Shepard, 2001

Polygonia oreas threatfuli, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Nymphalis (Polygonia) oreas threatfuli; [Joseph Belicek]

N. o. satellow (Scott, 2006)
- Polygonia oreas satellow Scott, 2006; Papilio (n.s.) 12: 39
- Polygonia oreas satellow, Butterflies of America [BOA]

Nymphalis satyrus (Edwards, 1869)

Pacific Coast, British Columbia - New Foundland, S.Canada. See [maps] Satyr Anglewing

Grapta satyrus Edwards, 1869; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 2 (4): 374; TL: Colorado

Polygonia satyrus, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia satyrus satyrus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia satyrus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Polygonia satyrus satyrus, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]

Polygonia satyrus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4422; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 27; Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 46-56; [Opler]; [NL4A], #2036
Nymphalis (Polygonia) satyrus; [Joseph Belicek]

700x517 (~45Kb) upperside male USA: Schmitz Park, West Seattle, King Co., WA, 8.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela Polygonia satyrus det. Joseph Belicek	1192x1204 (~225Kb) underside Canada, British Columbia, Record Ridge, Photo © Norbert Kondla	2272x1704 (~284Kb) upperside female Canada, Alberta, Drumheller, 20.7.1975, Photo 2006 © Norbert Kondla
2272x1704 (~249Kb) underside female Canada, Alberta, Drumheller, 20.7.1975, Photo 2006 © Norbert Kondla

Larva on Urtica dioica gracilis, Humulus lupulus Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 48

N. s. satyrus Colorado, California, ...
- Grapta chrysoptera Wright, 1905; ; TL: California
  - = Polygonia satyrus satyrus ; [NL4A], #2036a
- Polygonia satyrus satyrus; [NL4A], #2036a
N. s. neomarsyas (dos Passos, 1969) Washington, California, ...
- Polygonia satyrus neomarsyas dos Passos, 1969; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 95: (135-137); TL: Salmon Meadows, Brewster, Washington
- Polygonia satyrus marsyas tr.f. hollandi Gunder, 1927; ; TL: California
  - = Polygonia satyrus neomarsyas ; [NL4A], #2036b
- Polygonia satyrus neomarsyas, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Polygonia satyrus marsyas auct.;
- ?Polygonia satyrus marsyas; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22
- Polygonia satyrus neomarsyas; [NACL], #4422a; [NL4A], #2036b
N. s. transcanada (Scott & Kondla, 2006)
- Polygonia satyrus transcanada Scott & Kondla, 2006; Papilio (n.s.) 12: 38

Nymphalis gracilis (Grote & Robinson, 1867)

Canada - Michigan. See [maps] Hoary Comma

Grapta gracilis Grote & Robinson, 1867; Ann. Lyc. nat. Hist. N.Y. 8: 432

Polygonia gracilis, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
Polygonia gracilis gracilis, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia gracilis, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

Polygonia gracilis; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [NACL], #4427; [Opler]; [NL4A], #2033

600x704 (~61Kb) USA: Pike National Forest, Sugar Creek on CR-67 (about 39°18'N 105°10'W), Douglas Co., CO, 29.7.2012, Photo © Markku Savela

700x796 (~85Kb) underside USA: Pike National Forest, Sugar Creek on CR-67 (about 39°18'N 105°10'W), Douglas Co., CO, 29.7.2012, Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Ribes [BHR]

N. g. gracilis

Nymphalis (Polygonia) gracilis gracilis; [Joseph Belicek]

1600x1200 (~200Kb) upperside Canada, New Brunswick, Kedgwick R., 1.9.1986 (H. Hensel & M. Turgeon leg.), Photo © Norbert Kondla

1600x1200 (~242Kb) underside Canada, New Brunswick, Kedgwick R., 1.9.1986 (H. Hensel & M. Turgeon leg.), Photo © Norbert Kondla

N. g. zephyrus (Edwards, 1870) Rocky Mountains - Pacific, Nevada Zephyr Anglewing

Grapta zephyrus Edwards, 1870; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1): 16; TL: Nevada
Polygonia zephyrus f. thiodamas Scudder, 1875; (unavail.)
- = Polygonia gracilis zephyrus ; [NL4A], #2033a

Polygonia gracilis zephyrus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Polygonia zephyrus, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Polygonia zephyrus, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]

Polygonia zephyrus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 22; [EBW]; [NACL], #4426; [BOW]: pl. 14, f. 28, pl. 41, f. 17
Polygonia gracilis zephyrus; Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 46-56; [NL4A], #2033a
Nymphalis (Polygonia) gracilis zephyrus; [Joseph Belicek]

600x614 (~44Kb) underside male USA: Glacier Basin Path, Mt. Rainier, Pierce Co., WA, 21.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela Polygonia gracilis zephyrus det. Joseph Belicek	1600x1200 (~358Kb) upperside California, Los Angeles, ex. larva emerged 12.8.1965, Photo © Joseph Belicek	1600x1200 (~403Kb) underside California, Los Angeles, ex. larva emerged 12.8.1965, Photo © Joseph Belicek
1000x736 (~142Kb) upperside USA: Washington, King Co., Captain Point, 7.8.2011 (47.761N 121.194W), Photo © Markku Savela	600x859 (~87Kb) underside USA: Washington, King Co., Captain Point, 7.8.2011 (47.761N 121.194W), Photo © Markku Savela

Larva on Ribes cereum, R. inerme, R. sanguineum, Rhododendron occidentale Scott, 1988, J. Lep. Soc. 42 (1): 47

Nymphalis interposita (Staudinger, 1881)

Ghissar - Altai, NW.China, Himalaya. See [maps]

Vanessa (Grapta) c-album var. interposita Staudinger, 1881; Stettin ent. Ztg 42 (7-9): 286; TL: "Ala Tau" [Dzhungarsky Alatau, E. Kazakhstan]
Polygonia interposita cognata Moore, 1892

Vanessa c-album var. interposita; Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, in Romanoff, Mém. Lép. 4: 423
Polygonia interposita; [BRU2]: 27, pl. 15, f. 7-12; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36

N. i. interposita Ghissar-Darvaz, Pamirs-Alai, Tian-Shan, Saur, Tarbagatai, Dzhungarsky Alatau, Altai
- Polygonia interposita interposita
- Polygonia interposita interposita; [BRU2], 28
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) interposita interposita; [Joseph Belicek]
N. i. tibetana (Elwes, 1888) NW.China
- Polygonia interposita tibetana Elwes, 1888
- chitralica (Evans, 1932)
- Polygonia interposita tibetana; [BRU2], 28
N. i. adya (Churkin, 2003) Mongolia
- Polygonia interposita adya Churkin, 2003
- Polygonia interposita adya; Yakovlev, 2012, Nota lepid. 35 (1): 87
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) interpostia adya; [Joseph Belicek]

Nymphalis haroldii (Dewitz, 1877) Mexico. See [maps]
- Grapta haroldii Dewitz, 1877; Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ver. 1: 89, pl. 2, f. 6; TL: Mexico, Hidalgo
- Polygonia haroldii, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
- Polygonia haroldii, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Grapta haroldi; Godman & Salvin, [1882], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 217; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 683
- Polygonia haroldii; [NL4A], #2034
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) haroldii; [Joseph Belicek]
623x551 (~46Kb) upperside Mexico? coll. LACMNH, Photo via Joseph Belicek © LACMNH
Nymphalis g-argenteum (Doubleday, [1848]) Mexico. See [maps]
- Grapta g-argenteum Doubleday, [1848]; Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 197, pl. 26, f. 3; TL: Mexico
- Polygonia g-argenteum, Butterflies of America [BOA]
- Grapta argenteum; Doubleday, 1848, (missp.)
- Grapta g-argenteum; Godman & Salvin, [1882], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 1: 216; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 683
- Polygonia g-argenteum; [NL4A], #2032
- Nymphalis (Polygonia) g-argenteum; [Joseph Belicek]

Subgenus Kaniska Moore, [1899]

Kaniska Moore, [1899]; Lepidoptera Indica 4: 91; TS: Papilio canace Linnaeus

Nymphalis canace (Linnaeus, 1763)

Himalayas - SE.Siberia, Japan, Korea, Ceylon, S.India (hills), Coorg, NE.India (hills), Burma. See [maps] Blue Admiral

Papilio canace Linnaeus, 1763; Amoenitates Acad. 6: 406; TL: E.China
?Papilio kollina Meerburgh, 1775
Vanessa glauconia Motschulsky, 1860; ; TL: Japan
Vanessa canace siphnos Fruhstorfer, 1912; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 527; TL: Liu-Kiu, Philippines
Vanessa canace f. mandarina Matsumura, 1939; Bull. biogeogr. Soc. Japan 9 (20): 356; TL: Mt. Murei
Kaniska canace oplentia Tsukada, 1985; ; TL: Philippines
Kaniska canace oreas Tsukada, 1985; ; TL: Philippines

Kaniska canace canace, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]

Vanessa canace; [BIR]; [BOW]: pl. 152, f. 11
Nymphalis canace; [EBW], (name only)
Kaniska canace; [BOR], 276; [MRS], 570; [BRU2]: 32, pl. 18, f. 7-9; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 207; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 36
Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace; [RFEL]
Polygonia canace;

Larva on Smilax [BHR], Smilax china, Tricyrtis hirta, Lilium lancifolum [MRS], Heterosmilax japonica, Lilium lancifolium, Streptopus amplexifolius [BRU2], 32

N. c. canace Sikkim - S.India, Burma, S.China, Hong Kong
- Kaniska canace canace
- ?Vanessa canace himalaya Evans, 1924
- ?Vanessa viridis Evans, 1924
- Kaniska canace canace; [BOR], 276
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace canace; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. charonides (Stichel, [1908]) S.Ussuri
- Vanessa charonides Stichel, [1908]
- Kaniska canace charonides; [BRU2], 32; [RFEL]
Larva on Smilax maximowiczii [BRU2], 32

N. c. nojaponicum (von Siebold, 1824) Japan

no-japonicum (von Siebold, 1824)

Kaniska canace no-japonicum; Kudrna, 1974, Atalanta 5: 106
glauconia no-japonicum;

1600x1200 (~367Kb) upperside Japan, Hamakusu Kamitsushima-cho, Kamiagata-gun, Nagasaki Pref., 26.X.1992, Photo © Joseph Belicek

1600x1200 (~284Kb) underside Japan, Hamakusu Kamitsushima-cho, Kamiagata-gun, Nagasaki Pref., 26.X.1992, Photo © Joseph Belicek

N. c. ishima (Fruhstorfer, 1899) Japan
- Vanessa canace ishima Fruhstorfer, 1899; Stettin ent. Ztg 59 (10-12): 416; TL: Ishigaki
N. c. charonia (Drury, 1770)
- Kaniska canace charonia; [MRS], 570
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace charonia; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. haronica Moore, 1879 Ceylon
- Vanessa haronica Moore, 1879; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1879 (1): 137
- Vanessa haronica; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 49, pl. 25, f. 2, 2a
- Kaniska canace haronica; [BOR], 277
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace haronica; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. perakana (Distant, 1886) ?Thailand, Peninsular Malaya
- Vanessa perakana Distant, 1886; Rhopalocera Malayana: 430, pl. 40, f. 1
- Kaniska canace perakana, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
- Kaniska canace perakana; [BMP]: 161, pl. 23, f. 4; [BOR], 277
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace perakana; [Joseph Belicek]
Larva on Smilax [BMP]
N. c. battakana (de Nicéville, 1896) Sumatra (Battak Mts.)
- Kaniska canace battakana; [BOR], 277
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace battakana; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. javanica (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Java, ?Bali, ?Lombok
- Polygonia canace javanica Fruhstorfer, 1912
- Kaniska canace javanica; [BOR], 277
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace javanica; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. maniliana (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Borneo, ?Palawan
- Polygonia canace maniliana Fruhstorfer, 1912
- Kaniska canace maniliana; [BOR], 277
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace maniliana; [Joseph Belicek]

N. c. benguetana (Semper, 1888) Luzon

Vanessa benguetana Semper, 1888; Reisen Philipp. (3): 122, pl. 21, f. 11-12

Kaniska canace benguetana; [BOR], 277
Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace benguetana; [Joseph Belicek]

N. c. muscosa (Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979) S.Sulawesi
- Kaniska canace muscosa Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1979
- Kaniska canace muscosa; [BOR], 277; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 208
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace muscosa; [Joseph Belicek]
N. c. drilon (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Taiwan
- Vanessa canace drilon Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Wochenbl. 25 (10): 41; TL: Lake Candidius
- Kaniska canace drilon; [BOR], 277; [MRS], 570
- Nymphalis (Kaniska) canace drilon; [Joseph Belicek]
640x473 (~51Kb) underside Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin 640x435 (~46Kb) larva Taiwan, Photo © Felix Lin

Larva on Heterosmilax japonica, Smilax china, Smilax perfoliata, S. bracteata, S. lanceifolia, S. riparia, S. arisanensis [MRS]

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[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BHL] The
Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizona
[CiNii]
http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[D. Smirnov]
Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Dave Ferguson]
Rio Grande Botanic Garden; Albuquerque, NM USA
[Dave Nunnallee]
Washington, USA
[ESP] Heppner, 1981
The dates of E. J. C. Esper's Die Schmetterlinge in Abblidungen... 1776-[1830]; Archives of Natural History (1981) 10 (2): 251-254
[Felix Lin]
Taiwan
[GALEPS] Moths and Butterflies of Georgia and the Southeastern United States
James K. Adams; Dept. of Natural Science, Dalton State College, Dalton, GA ; http://www.daltonstate.edu/galeps/index.htm
[HBN] Francis Hemming, 1937
HÜBNER, A bibliographical and systematic account of the entomological works of Jacob Hübner and of the supplements thereto by Carl Geyer, Gottfried Franz von Frölich and Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer, Vol 1 & 2
[Harri Arkkio]
Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[Joseph Belicek]
e-mail: Joseph Belicek
[Karl Hofsäß] Karl Hofsaess
e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[Kimmo Silvonen] Espoo, Finland
Kimmo's Lep Site
[LACMNH] The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
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[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[Leif Wahlberg]
Julita, Sweden; e-mail: Leif Wahlberg
[MBE] Moths and Butteflies of Europe
Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[Marek Michalski] Lodz, Poland
e-mail: Marek Michalski
[Mario Maier]
Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier
[Michael Borsch]
Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[Michel Tarrier]
Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org
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The Global Lepidoptera Names Index; Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Norbert Kondla]
Canada, BC; e-mail: Norbert Kondla
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
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Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[Pertti Pakkanen]
e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
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Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile
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e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm
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01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
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e-mail: Slavko Polak
[Szabolcs Safian]
Hungary; Hungarian Lepidopterologial Society; Butterflies of Ghana
[Tero Piirainen] Tampere, Finland
e-mail: Tero Piirainen
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Birmingham, Alabama, USA
[Wahlberg]
Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group
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A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[ZOBODAT] Oberösterreichische Landesmuseum
OÖ. Landesmuseum; ZOBODAT - Literatur
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Austaut, 1885
Lépidoptéres nouveaux d'Algérie Le Naturaliste 7 : 141-142
Austin, 1998
New subspecies of Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera) from Nevada and Arizona Syst. W. N. Am. Butts. (46) : 573-586
Blachier, 1908
Lépidoptères du Maroc - Remarque sur diverses espèces et descriptions de variétés nouvelles Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 77 (2) : 209-222, pl. 4
Boisduval, 1852
Lépidoptères de la Californie Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10 (2) : 275-324
Boisduval & Leconte, 1833
Histoire générale et iconographie des lépidoptères et des chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (1): 1-16. pl. 1-3 (1829), (2): 17-24, pl. 4-6 (1829), (3/4): 25-40, pl. 7-12 ([1830]), (5/6): 41-56, pl. 13-18 ([1830]), (7/8): 57-80, pl. 19-24 ([1830]), (9/10): 81-100, pl. 25-30 (1833), (11-22): 101-196, pl. 31-65 ([1835]), (23-26): 197-228, pl. 66-78 ([1837])
Bonelli, 1826
Descrizione di sei nuove specie d'insetti dell'ordine dei lepidoptteri diurni, raccolte in Sardegna dal sig. Cav. Alberto Della-Marmoria negli anni 1822 E 1823 Mem. Acc. Sci. Torino 30: 174,177,186 : 171-188, pl. 1-3
Butler, 1877
On Rhopalocera from Japan and Shanghai, with Descriptions of new Species Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 19 (109) : 91-97
Butler, 1887
Description of a new Butterfly allied to Vanessa antiopa Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5) 19 (110) : 103-104
Butler in Butler & Fenton, [1882]
On butterflies from Japan, with which are incorporated notes and descriptions of new species by Montague Fenton Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881 (4) : 846-856
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2: 1-854
Clark, 1937
A New Subspecies of the Nymphalid Butterfly Polygonia faunus Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 84 (3013) : 219-222, pl. 10
Cockerell, 1889
On the variation of insects Entomologist 22 : 1-6, 26-29, 54-56, 98-100, 125-130, 147-149, 176-178, 198-202, 226-229, 243-245
Coleman, 1919
An Aberration of Polygonia progne (Lepid.) Ent. News 30 (4) : 112
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn) : 1-595, pl. 1-69
Cosmovici, 1892
Contributions a l'étude de la faune entomologique Roumaine Le Naturaliste (2) 6: (136): 254-256, (137): 264, (138): 280-281
Cramer, [1775]
Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)
Dalman, 1816
Försök till systematiks Uppställing af Sveriges Fjärilar K. VetenskAcad. Handl. 1816 (1): 48-101, (2): 199-225
[Schiffermüller], 1775; Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend : 1-322, pl. 1a-b
Dewitz, 1877
Neue Schmetterlinge des Berliner museums Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ver. 1 : 85-91, pl. 2
Diószeghy, 1913
Adatok Magyarország lepkefaunájához Rovartani Lapok 20 : 190-196
Diószeghy, 1935
Die Lepidopterenfauna des Retyezatgebirges. Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des Siebenbürg Verh. Sieben. Ver. Nat. 83-84 : 107-126
Distant, 1886
Rhopalocera Malayana: a Description of the Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula Rhopalocera Malayana : 1-481, pl. 1-27,27A,27B,28-44
dos Passos, 1938
Synonymic notes on Aglais milberti (Godart) with description of a new subspecies Can. Ent. 70: 72-73
dos Passos, 1969
A name for Polygonia satyrus marsyas auctorum Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 95: 153-159, 2 figs
dos Passos, 1977
A taxonomic note on Polygonia faunus arcticus Leussler Pan-Pacific Ent. 53 (3) : 179-180
Doubleday, [1848]
The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, comprising their generic characters, a notice of their habitats and transformations, and a catalogue of the species of each genus; illustrated with 86 plates by W. C. Hewitson Gen. diurn. Lep. (1): 1-18, pl. A, 1-4 (1-2) (1846), (1): 19-132, pl. 4*, 18*, 5-25, 28 (3-14) (1847), (1): 133-200, pl. 1*, 26, 27, 29 (15-23) (1848), (1): pl. 31-44 (15-23) (1848), (1): 201-242, pl. 30, 45-52, 56-58, 60-62, 64 (24-31) (1849), (1): 243-250 [?], (2): 243-326, pl. 53-55, 63, 65, 66 (32-38) (1850), (2): 327-466, pl. 59, 67-77 (39-50) (1851), (2): 467-534, 143, 144, pl. 78-80 (Index) (51-54) (1852)
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Edwards, 1862
Descriptions of certain Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and of British America. - No. [1]-3 Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 13: 160-164 (1861), 14: 54-58, 221-226 (1862)
Edwards, 1869
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 2 (4) : 369-376
Edwards, 1870
Notes on Graptas c-aureum and interrogationis Fab. Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1) : 1-9
Edwards, 1870
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 3 (1) : 10-22
Edwards, 1872
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 4 : 61-70
Edwards, 1874
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found in North America Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 5 (1): 13-19, (2): 103-111
Ehrmann, 1900
Variations in Some Common Species of Butterflies Can. Ent. 32 (11) : 348
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New subspecies of Nymphalidae from California and a neotype designation for Argynnis Behr (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Syst. W. N.Am. Butts.: 139-140
Esper, 1780; Esper, 1781; Esper, 1783
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Fortsetzung. Band 2 Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (1): 1-36, pl. 51-56 (1780), (2): 37-68, pl. 57-62 (1781), (3): 69-100, pl. 63-68 (1781), (4): 101-124, pl. 69-74 (1781), (5): 125-140, pl. 75-80 (1782), (7): 141-156, pl. 81-82 (1783), (8): 157-172, pl. 83-88 (1783), (9): 173-184, pl. 89-92 (1784), (28): 185-190, pl. 93 (1786)
Esper, 1789
Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Theil I. Die Tagschmetterlinge. Supplement Theil 1. Abschnitt 1 Die Schmett., Suppl. Th 1 (1-2): 1-8, pl. 94 (1789), (3-4): 9-60, pl. 95-101 (1789), (5-6): 61-68, pl. 102-106 (1794), ([7]): [69-88], pl. [107-109] (1798), (8-9): 89-104, pl. 110-112 (1800), (10): 105-120, pl. 113-116 ([1803-1804])
Fabricius, 1798
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Fruhstorfer, 1899
Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Fauna der Liu-Kiu-Inseln Stettin ent. Ztg 59 (10-12) : 405-420 (June)
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Neue Nymphaliden Soc. Ent. 22 (8) : 60 (15 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1907
Neue Lokalrassen von paläarktischen Rhopaloceren Int. ent. Zs. 1 (28): 208-209, f. 1-2 (5 October), (29): 215-216, f. 3-4 (12 October)
Fruhstorfer, 1908
Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren Ent. Wochenbl. 25 (9): 37-38 (27 February), (10): 41 (5 March)
Fruhstorfer, 1909
Neue Vanessa- und Pyrameis-Rassen Int. ent. Zs. 3 (17) : 94 (24 July)
Fruhstorfer, 1912
6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9 : 453-456 (31 January, 1912), : 457-488 (18 March, 1912), : 489-496 (25 May, 1912), : 489-496 (10 May, 1912), : 497-504 (15 April, 1912), : 505-512 (10 May, 1912), : 513-528 (11 April, 1912), : 529-552 (20 April, 1912), : 553-592 (15 May, 1912), : 593-616 (25 September, 1912), : 617-632 (15 October, 1912), : 633-640 (25 October, 1912), : 641-656 (10 January, 1913), : 657-664 (12 January, 1913), : 665-680 (13 January, 1913), : 681-688 (25 January, 1913), : 689-696 (16 June, 1913), : 697-704 (5 August, 1913), : 705-712 (20 January, 1914), : 713-720 (20 November, 1913), : 721-744 (9 March, 1914), : 745-751 (30 July, 1915), : 753-760 (28 March, 1914), : 761-766 (14 April, 1914)
Godart, 1819
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New species of Lepidoptera from China Entomologist 23 : 26-50, 81-83, : 109-114, : 187-192, pl. 1
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Moore, 1878
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