Genus Nymphalis - Tortoiseshells

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers

Nymphalis antiopa pupating - Nymphalis antiopa

California Tortoiseshell - Nymphalis californica

UID Butterfly Tazewell Co. Illinois - Nymphalis antiopa

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)

Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)

Subfamily Nymphalinae (Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc.)

Genus Nymphalis (Tortoiseshells)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

BugGuide follows the classification of Opler and Warren and All-Leps in transferring the Compton Tortoiseshell from genus Nymphalis to genus Roddia, and the Milbert's Tortoiseshell from Nymphalis to Aglais (see discussion in Taxonomy Forum)

Numbers

3 species in North America listed at All-Leps but one of these (Nymphalis io) is a European species represented by a single specimen collected in Montreal on 21 May 1997 (see account of the Peacock at CBIF)

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 7 April, 2004 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 26 February, 2007 - 11:56pm

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