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Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th ed., Vol. 1, 824 pp. [in Latin] Available at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
genus
Vanessa
species
Vanessa atalanta

Name

Synonyms
Papilio atalanta Linnaeus, 1758
Pyrameis aestiva Reuss, 1910
Pyrameis albimaculata Prüffer, 1923
Pyrameis bipunctata Gussitsch, 1917
Pyrameis cyanosticta Fritsch, 1913
Pyrameis cyclops Stichel, 1908
Pyrameis dewalschei Derenne-Meyers, 1926
Pyrameis eos Fritsch, 1913
Pyrameis flava Eitel, 1924
Pyrameis flavescens Fritsch, 1913
Pyrameis flavomaculata Lempke, 1939
Pyrameis fracta Tutt, 1896
Pyrameis martha Stephan, 1923
Pyrameis merrifieldi Standfuss, 1895
Pyrameis merrifieldoides Reuss, 1910
Pyrameis millierei Cabeau, 1923
Pyrameis ochrobrunnea Fritsch, 1913
Pyrameis pallida Fritsch, 1913
Pyrameis rubra Fritsch, 1913
Pyrameis rubria Fruhstorfer, 1909
Homonyms
Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vanessa atalanta Groenendijk, 1966
Vanessa atalanta Lempke, 1956
Vanessa atalanta Stammeshaus, 1954
Common names
Admiral in Danish
Admiral in German
Admiral in Danish
Admiral in German
Admiral in German
Admiral in German
Admiral in German
Admiral-takvinge in Danish
Atalanta in Dutch
Atalanta in Dutch
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red admiral in English
Rusalka admiral in Polish
Vulcain in French
Vulcain in French
atalanta in Dutch
le Vulcain in French
red admiral in English
red admiral in language.
red admiral in English
vulcain in French
vulcain in French
Atalanta in Dutch
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Red Admiral in English
Vulcain in French
admiral in Norwegian Bokmål
admiral in Danish
amiraali in Finnish
amiral in Swedish
atalanta in Spanish
aðmíráll in Icelandic
Mantell Goch in Welsh
Mentyll Coch in Welsh
numerada in Spanish

Bibliographic References

  1. Eliasson, Ryrholm, Holmer, Jilg & Gärdenfors (1899-12-31 23:00:00) Nationalnyckeln till Sveriges flora och fauna. Fjärilar: Dagfjärilar. Hesperiidae-Nymphalidae
  2. Fjärilar (Ragnar Hall) (2004-03-07 23:00:00) [Titel saknas]
  3. Nishida (2002), http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pdf/tr22.pdf
  4. Pelham, Jonathan P., 2008: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. xiv + 658.
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