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Argynnis Fabricius, 1807

Argynnis Fabricius, 1807; Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 283, TS: Papilio paphia Linnaeus
Mesodryas Reuss, [1927]; Deuts. ent. Z. 1926 (5): 435, TS: Papilio paphia Linnaeus
Pandoriana Warren, 1942; Entomologist 75: 245-246, TS: Papilio maja Cramer
Nephargynnis Shirôzu & Saigusa, 1973; Sieboldia 4 (3): 111, TS: Argynnis anadyomene C. & R. Felder
Argynnis, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Argynnis, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Argynnis (Nymphalidae) ; [BRU2, 33]
Argynnis (Argynnini) ; [Wahlberg]

Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Algeria, EU, Temperate Asia, Japan. See [About maps] Keisarinviitta Silver-washed Fritillary Silversträckad pärlemorfjäril Kejsarmantel Silberstrich Kaisermantel Tabac d'Espagne Nacarada Dostojka malinowiec
Papilio paphia Linnaeus, 1758; Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 481
anargyra Staudinger, 1871; in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 22
f. valesinides Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (9) : 68
Argynnis paphia, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Argynnis paphia, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Argynnis paphia, Svenska fjärilar [SVF]
Argynnis paphia, Norges Sommerfugler [NORLEP]
Argynnis paphia, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Argynnis paphia, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Argynnis paphia, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Argynnis paphia ab. pennaecompressae ; Anken, 1994, Atalanta 25 (1/2): 191
Argynnis paphia ab. ocellata ;
Argynnis paphia ; [BOW: pl. 1, f. 15, 18]; [EBW]; [MRS, 464]; [BRU2: 33, pl. 21, f. 1-4]; [Otakar Kudrna]

500x358 (~45Kb) upperside Plymbridge woods, Devon, UK 15/08/96, Photo © Simon Coombes	450x332 (~41Kb) underside Plymbridge woods, Devon, UK 19/07/93, Photo © Simon Coombes	600x410 (~45Kb) upperside Finland, Joutseno, 7/1995, Photo © Tero Piirainen
500x427 (~37Kb) underside Finland, Joutseno, 7/1995, Photo © Tero Piirainen	600x606 (~45Kb) upperside male FINLAND: Ka: Miehikkälä, 673:53-54, 18.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela	533x400 (~48Kb) underside male female A pine forest edge, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
512x768 (~80Kb) upperside male Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Horrheim, 8° 59' E, 48° 59' N, altitude 350m, 12.07.1997 (sucking on Cirsium arvense), Photo © Karl Hofsäß	621x414 (~48Kb) A long forb meadow at the Adagum River right bank, the town Krymsk, Krymsk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, S Russia. 27th June 1991 (A small congregation on a large inflorescence of Heracleum dissectum), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	595x400 (~75Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch
594x400 (~58Kb) upperside male Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	400x598 (~40Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch	600x800 (~64Kb) underside Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 26.7.2002, Photo © Leif Wahlberg
1196x897 (~133Kb) upperside female Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 12.8.2004, Photo © Leif Wahlberg	806x1075 (~158Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 5.8.2004, Photo © Leif Wahlberg	470x435 (~96Kb) upperside female Czech Republic, Blansko, 6.8.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý
470x455 (~93Kb) underside Czech Republic, Blansko, 31.7.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý	850x645 (~101Kb) upperside female Russia, Moscow area, 22.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	548x633 (~111Kb) underside female Russia, Moscow area, 29.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov
575x677 (~111Kb) upperside male Russia, Moscow area, 29.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov	1066x788 (~238Kb) male Lithuania: Dzukija, Trakiskiaei, 15.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio	930x729 (~97Kb) underside Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys-Zervynos, 15.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio

Larva on Viola palustris?, V. canina? [SPRK], Violaceae, Rubus spp. [MRS]

A. p. f. valesina (Esper, 1798)

Papilio valesina Esper, 1798; Die Schmett., Suppl. Th 1 ([7]): 73, pl. 107, f. 1-2
?Argynnis paphia valesina ab. atrox Niepelt, 1916; in Strand, Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 7, pl. 14, f. 3
Argynnis paphia valesina ; [MRS, 464]

A. p. butleri Krulikovsky, 1909

NEU, CEU? Argynnis paphia butleri Krulikovsky, 1909; Rev. russ. ent. 9 (3) : 298, TL: Vyatka
Argynnis paphia butleri ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. thalassata Fruhstorfer, 1909

SEU Argynnis paphia thalassata Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (30): 69, TL: Saratov
Argynnis paphia thalassata ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. dives (Oberthür, 1908)

Algeria Agrynnis paphia dives Oberthür, 1908
Argynnis paphia var. dives Oberthür, 1908; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1908 : 26-27, TL: Kabylie (Algeria)
Argynnis paphia f. argyrea Oberthür, 1915; Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10 : 93, 430, pl. 294, f. 2414-2415, TL: Dj. Aures, Bel-Achir (Algeria)
Argynnis paphia dives ; [BMAT: 49, pl. 15, f. 5-9]

Larva on Viola mumbyana? [BMAT], (in Spain) V. odorata, V. canina [BMAT]

A. p. argyrorrhytes Seitz, [1909]

N.Caucasus Major Argynnis paphia argyrorrhytes Seitz, [1909]; , TL: Zheleznovodsk
Argynnis paphia argyrorrhytes ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. delila Röber, 1896

Turkey Argynnis paphia delila Röber, 1896; , TL: Taurus
Argynnis paphia delila ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. masandarensis Gross & Ebert, 1975

Iran Argynnis paphia masandarensis Gross & Ebert, 1975; , TL: Mazndaran, Iran
Argynnis paphia masandarensis ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. pusilla Wnukowsky, 1927

NW.Siberia Argynnis paphia pusilla Wnukowsky, 1927; , TL: NW.Siberia
Argynnis paphia pusilla ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. neopaphia Fruhstorfer, 1907

Amur Argynnis paphia neopaphia Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (9) : 68, TL: Amur
Argynnis paphia neopaphia ; [MRS, 464]; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. virescens Nakahara, 1926

Kuriles Argynnis paphia virescens Nakahara, 1926; , TL: Kuriles
Argynnis paphia virescens ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. geisha Hemming, 1934

Japan Argynnis paphioides Butler, 1881; , TL: :REF#bb: 134 (preocc.);Nikko, Japan
Argynnis paphia paphioides ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. tsushimana Fruhstorfer, 1906

Japan Argynnis paphia tsushimana Fruhstorfer, 1906; Ent. Zs. 20 (4): 25, TL: Tsushima Is., Japan
Argynnis paphia tsushimana ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. megalegoria Fruhstorfer, 1907

Szechuan, Yunnan Argynnis paphia megalegoria Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (9) : 68, TL: Szetchuan
Argynnis paphia megalegoria ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. argyrophontes Oberthür, 1923

SW.China Argynnis paphia argyrophontes Oberthür, 1923; , TL: SW.China
Argynnis paphia argyrophontes ; [BRU2, 33]

A. p. formosicola Matsumura, 1927

Formosa Argynnis paphia formosicola Matsumura, 1927; Ins. Matsumurana 2 (2) : 116, TL: Formosa
Argynnis paphia formosicola ; [MRS, 464]

Argynnis anadyomene C. & R. Felder, 1862

Amur, Ussuri, China, Korea, Japan. See [About maps] Argynnis anadyomene C. & R. Felder, 1862; Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 25, TL: Central China
Argynnis anadyomene, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Argynnis anadyomene ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 193, f. 15]; [BRU2: 34, pl. 22, f. 1-3]
Nephargynnis anadyomene ; [MRS, 467]

A. a. anadyomene

C.China Argynnis anadyomene anadyomene ; [BRU2, 34]

A. a. ella Bremer, 1864

Amur, Ussuri Argynnis ella Bremer, 1864; Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. (7) 8 (1) : 94, pl. 8, f. 1
obliterata Kardakov, 1928
Argynnis anadyomene ella ; [BRU2, 34]

A. a. midas Butler, 1866

Japan Argynnis midas Butler, 1866; J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 53, TL: Hakodate, Japan
Argynnis ella midas ;
Argynnis anadyomene midas ; [BRU2, 34]

A. a. prasoides Fruhstorfer, 1907

Korea Argynnis anadyomene prasoides Fruhstorfer, 1907; Soc. Ent. 22 (9) : 67
Argynnis anadyomene prasoides ; [BRU2, 34]

Argynnis pandora ([Schiffermüller], 1775)

Canary Islands, NAF, SEU, S.Russia, Iran, Chitral. See [About maps] Cardinal Le Cardinal Grünes Silberstrich Pandora Dostojka pandora
Papilio pandora [Schiffermüller], 1775; Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend: 176
Papilio maja Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 39, pl. 25, f. B, C
Argynnis pandora, NSG Voucher Specimen [Wahlberg]
Argynnis pandora, Larvae of North-European Lepidoptera [Kimmo Silvonen]
Argynnis pandora, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Argynnis pandora, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Argynnis pandora, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Pandoriana pandora ; [BOW: pl. 3, f. 17]; [EBW]; [MRS, 467]
Argynnis pandora ; [BRU2: 34, pl. 28, f. 1-6]; [Otakar Kudrna]

748x560 (~72Kb) underside Montejo de la Sierra, prov. Madrid, Spain, July-1988, Photo © Enrique Garcia-Barros

Larva on Viola, V. tricolor [H&R], (in Israel) Viola modesta [BMAT]

A. p. pandora

SEU, Crimea, Caucasus, Transcaucasia Pandoriana pandora transcaucasica Moucha, 1967; Ann. ent. Mus. nat. Prague 37: 243
Argynnis pandora pandora ; [BRU2, 34]

A. p. seitzi Fruhstorfer, 1908

N.Africa Argynnis maja seitzi Fruhstorfer, 1908; Int. ent. Zs. 2 (12): 69, TL: Algiers (Algeria)
Argynnis maja chrysobarylla Fruhstorfer, 1909; Int. ent. Zs. 3 (4): 20, TL: Canary Islands
Pandoriana pandora seitzi ; [BMAT: 49, pl. 15, f. 1-4]

600x435 (~32Kb) upperside Morocco, Azrou, Moyen Atlas central, Photo © Michel Tarrier

600x435 (~31Kb) underside Morocco, Forêt de Jaâba, Moyen Atlas central, Photo © Michel Tarrier

A. p. pasargades Fruhstorfer, 1908

Kopet-Dagh, Tian-Shan, Ghissar-Darvaz, Alai, S.Altai Argynnis pandora pasargades Fruhstorfer, 1908; Int. ent. Zs. 2 (12): 69
Argynnis pandora pasargades ; [BRU2, 34]

A. p. argentifasciata Kotzsch, 1937

Pamirs pandora argentifasciata Kotzsch, 1937; Ent. Rundsch. 55: 9
Argynnis pandora argentifasciata ; [BRU2, 34]

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References:

[About 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.

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[D. Smirnov]

Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[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

[Enrique Garcia-Barros]

Enrique García-Barros; Dept. Biol. (Zool.); Univ. Autonoma de Madrid

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[Harri Arkkio]

Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.

[Karl Hofsäß]

Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß

[Kimmo Silvonen]

Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[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/

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[Mario Maier]

Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier

[Michael Borsch]

Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes

[Michal Koupý]

Czech Republic

[Michel Tarrier]

Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org

[NHM]

Natural History Museum; The Global Lepidoptera Names Index

[NORLEP]

Norges Sommerfugler

[Oleg Kosterin]

Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/

[SPRK]

Seppänen, E. J, 1970; Suomen suurperhostoukkien ravintokasvit, Animalia Fennica 14

[SVF]

Svenska fjärilar; Naturhistoriska riksmuseet; (Sweden)

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

[Wahlberg]

Niklas Wahlberg; The NSG's voucher specimen database; Nymphalidae Systematics Group

Some related literature:

Anken, 1994

Zur Kenntnis einer Aberration von Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) Atalanta 25 (1/2): 191-192

Bremer, 1864

Lepidopteren Ost-Sibiriens, insbesondere der Amur-Landes, gesammelt von den Herren G. Radde, R. Maack und P. Wulffius Mém. Acad. Sci. St. Pétersb. (7) 8 (1) : 1-104, 8pls

Butler, 1866

A list of the diurnal Lepidoptera recently collected by Mr. Whitely in Hakodadi (North Japan) J. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lond. 9 (34) : 50-58

Cramer, [1775]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-155, pl. 85-96 (1776)

Esper, 1798

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, 1807

Systema Glossatorum. Die neueste Gattungs-Eintheilung der Schmetterlinge aus den Linnéischen Gattungen Papilio und Sphinx Magazin f. Insektenk. (Illiger) 6: 277-295

C. & R. Felder, 1862

Observationes de Lepidoteris nonullis Chinae centralis et Japoniae Wien. ent. Monats. 6 (1): 22-32, (2): 33-40

Fruhstorfer, 1906

Eine neue Argynnis Ent. Zs. 20 (4): 25-26 (22 April)

Fruhstorfer, 1907

Neue Argynnis Soc. Ent. 22 (9) : 67-68 (1 August)

Fruhstorfer, 1908

Neue Argynnis-Rassen Int. ent. Zs. 2 (12): 69-70 (20 June)

Fruhstorfer, 1909

Neue palaearktische Rhopaloceren Int. ent. Zs. 3 (4): 20-21 (24 April)

Fruhstorfer, 1909

Neues über Parnassius apollo Int. ent. Zs. 3 (30): 161 (23 October)

Krulikovsky, 1909

[russian] Rev. russ. ent. 9 (3) : 292-323

Linnaeus, 1758

Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Clases, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Symonymis, Locis. Tomis I. 10th Edition Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : 1-338, : 339-824

Matsumura, 1927

Some new Butterflies Ins. Matsumurana 2 (2) : 114-118

Oberthür, 1908

Description d'une nouvelle variété algérienne de l'Argynnis Paphia L. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1908: 26-27 : 26-27

Oberthür, 1915

Faune des Lépidoptères de la Barbarie, Algerie Étud. Lépid. Comp. 10 : 1-459, pl. 276-277,277bis,278-315

Staudinger, 1871

Catalog der Lepidopteren des europäischen Faunen-Gebietes in Staudinger & Wocke, Cat. Lepid. europ. Faunegeb.: 426pp

Niepelt in Strand, 1916

Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Lepidoptera aus der Sammlung W. Niepelt Lepidoptera Niepeltiana (2) : 1-26, pl. 13-17

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