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Nymphalis polychloros
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- large tortoishell
(butterfly)
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Nymphalis (Genus)
..Nymphalis antiopa (Species) - mourningcloak
..Nymphalis californica (Species) - tortoise-shell butterfly
..Nymphalis vau-album (Species)
..Nymphalis xanthomelas (Species)
..Nymphalis polychloros (Species) - large tortoishell
....Nymphalis polychloros erythromelas (Subspecies)
....Nymphalis polychloros polychloros (Subspecies)
Authorship
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 477.
Original rank
:
Subsequent generic combination
:
Types
Type of
:
Nymphalis
(Genus)
Kluk, 1780
Ref:
Hemming, 1933. Entomologist 66: 223.
[
new
]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Nymphalis polychloros polychloros
(C. Linnaeus, 1758)
Combinations
Basionym
:
Papilio polychloros
Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
grote vos
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
large tortoishell
Ref:
C. Pratt, 1981
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