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Nymphalini

  • 1. Northern Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Edmonton ,, Canada
  • 2. University of Alberta Strickland Entomology Museum ,, Canada
  • 3. Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, Canada
  • 4. Calgary ,, Canada

Description

Nymphalini – angle-wings

1185 * S Vanessa virginiensis (Drury, 1773) Jun – Sep – b G American Painted Lady

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, UASM

1186 * M Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus, 1758) May – Sep m b G Painted Lady

L: McGugan (1958), Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et

al. (1998), Guppy and Shepard (2001) C: CNC,

NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1187 * M Vanessa annabella (Field, 1971) Jun – M Oct m – g West Coast Lady

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: UASM

1188 R H Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) ssp. rubria Apr – May; Jul – M B G (Fruhstorfer, 1909) Aug (H)

Red Admiral

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1189 * R Aglais milberti (Godart, 1819) M Apr – M May; M B G Milbert’s Tortoise Shell M Jul – M Sep

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy (H; 2Br)

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS,

PMAE, UASM

1190 * R Nymphalis j-album (Boisduval and LeConte, [1835]) M Apr – M May; M B g Compton Tortoise Shell Aug – M Sep (H)

T: Gillham (1956), Kudrna and Belicek (2005)

L: McGugan (1958), Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et

al. (1998), [Guppy and Shepard (2001)] C: CNC,

NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1191 * R Nymphalis californica (Boisduval, 1852) Jul – Sep M b g California Tortoise Shell

L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy

and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, PMAE, UASM

1192 * R h Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) ssp. hyperborea M Apr – M May; M B G (Seitz, 1913) Aug – M Sep (H) Mourning Cloak L: [McGugan (1958)], [Bird et al. (1995)], [Layberry et al. (1998)], [Guppy and Shepard (2001)] C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1193 * S Polygonia interrogationis (Fabricius, 1798) M May – Aug – b G Question Mark (2Br) L: Bird (1979), Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998) C: OLDS

1194a * R Polygonia satyrus (Edwards, 1869) ssp. satyrus M Apr – M May; M – g (Edwards, 1869) Aug – M Sep Satyr Anglewing (H; 2Br) T: Scott et al. (2006) L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1194b * R Polygonia satyrus (Edwards, 1869) ssp. transcanada Scott Apr – Oct – B – and Kondla, 2006 (H; 2Br) Satyr Anglewing T: Scott et al. (2006) L: [Bird et al. (1995)], [Layberry et al. (1998)], [Guppy and Shepard (2001)] C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM

1195 R Polygonia progne (Cramer, 1775) M Apr – M May; m B G Grey Comma M Jul – M Sep L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy (H) and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1196 * R Polygonia oreas (Edwards, 1869) ssp. threatfuli Guppy M Apr – M May; M – – and Shepard, 2001 Aug – M Sep (H) Oreas Anglewing T: Scott et al. (2006) L: [Bird et al. (1995)], [Layberry et al. (1998)], Guppy and Shepard (2001) C: UASM

1197 * R Polygonia gracilis (Grote and Robinson, 1867) M Apr – M May; M B – Hoary Comma Aug – M Sep (H) T: Scott (1984) L: Bird et al. (1995), Layberry et al. (1998), Guppy and Shepard (2001) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1198a * R Polygonia faunus (Edwards, 1862) ssp. faunus M Apr – M May; M B g (Edwards, 1862) Aug – M Sep (H)

Green Comma

L: McGugan (1958), [Bird et al. (1995)], Layberry et

al. (1998), [Guppy and Shepard (2001)] C: CNC,

NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1198b * R Polygonia faunus (Edwards, 1862) ssp. arcticus M Apr – M May; – B – Leussler, 1935 Aug – M Sep (H)

Green Comma

T: Leussler (1935), dos Passos (1977), Scott (1984)

L: Bird et al. (1995), [Layberry et al. (1998)] C:

CNC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM

1198c * R Polygonia faunus (Edwards, 1862) ssp. cenveray M Apr – M May; M – – Scott and Kondla, 2006 Aug – M Sep (H)

Green Comma

T: Scott et al. (2006)

L: [Anderson (1959)], [Bird et al. (1995)], [Layberry

et al. (1998)] C: CNC, NFRC, PMAE, UASM

Notes

Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on pages 185-187, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629

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Biodiversity

Family
Nymphalidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
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References

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