Nymphalis

Nymphalis antiopaType species

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Nymphalini
Genus: Nymphalis
Species (8): N. antiopa – N. californica – N. cyanomelas – N. l-album – N. j-album – N. polychloros – N. vaualbum – N. xanthomelas

Name

Nymphalis Kluk, 1780 [see Balint et al 2001.]

Synonyms

• Euvanessa Scudder, 1889
  • Type species: Papilio antiopaLinnaeus, 1758 (through Article 67.8 (replacement names))
• Scudderia Grote, 1873 (invalid)
  • Type species: Papilio antiopa Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Antiopana S.K. Korb, 2005 (synonymized by Bolshakov, 2007: 75)
  • Type species: Papilio antiopa Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.

References

Additional references

• Bálint, Zs. ; C.S. Guppy ; N.G. Kondla ; K. Johnson & Ch.J. Durden, 2001: Plebeius Kluk, 1780 or Plebejus Klug, 1802? (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 62: 177–184. Full article: [1].
• Bolshakov, L.V., 2007: Notes on some controversial taxa of Lepidoptera from European Russia, with critical remarks about <<A catalogue of butterflies of the ex-USSR, with remarks on systematics and nomenclature>> by. S.K. Korb. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin, 3 (1): 75–80. Abstract: [2].
• Kluk, K. 1780. Zwierzat historyi naturalney Poczatki i gospodarstwo, 4. – Warsaw, Xiezy Piiarów, [01] + 502 pp + 4 double plates. Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N. & Nylin, S. 2003. Morphology versus molecules: resolution of the positions of Nymphalis, Polygonia, and related genera (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Cladistics 19: 213–223. DOI: 10.1016/S0748-3007(03)00027-6 . Reference page. 
• Wahlberg, N. & Brower, A.V.Z., 2009, Nymphalini Rafinesque 1815 in The Tree of Life Web Project, v. 21-04-2009 (accessed 11-05-2009)
• Wyatt, C.W. & Omoto, K. 1966: New lepidoptera from Afghanistan. Entomops 1(5): 138-167. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tortoiseshells
magyar: Rókalepke
日本語: タテハチョウ属 or ヒオドシチョウ属
中文: 蛺蝶屬

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