1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

1: Kanada, Yukon Territory, Rock Island Lake (Tthe Ndu Lake), zwischen Minto und Pelly Crossing, ca. 570 m, 9. Juli 2014 (det. & Freilandfoto: Christoph Bausch)Forum

2-4: ein Individuum, Kanada, Yukon Territory, zwischen Fox Lake und den Twin-Lakes, bei Braeburn, ca. 710 m, 9. Juli 2014 (det. & Freilandfoto: Christoph Bausch)Forum

1.2. Ssp. astyanax (Fabricius, 1775)

1: USA, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, Montrose Point, Magic Hedge, restaurierte Prärie-Vegetation, 180 m, 17. August 2014 (det. & fot.: Dirk Mezger)Forum

2. Diagnose

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1-3: Drury (1773: Index to the Second Volume, 17, pl. X figs. 3-4)

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Synonyme

• Papilio ephestion Stoll, [1790]
• Papilio ursula Fabricius, 1793
• Papilio lamina Fabricius, 1793
• Limenitis proserpina Edwards, 1865
• Basilarchia purpuratus Gunder, 1934
• Basilarchia rubrofasechippus Gunder, 1934
• Basilarchia tildeni Field, 1934
• Basilarchia virithemis Field, 1936

3.2. Andere Kombinationen

• Papilio arthemis Drury, [1773] [Originalkombination]

3.3. Unterarten

• Limenitis arthemis arizonensis Edwards, 1882
• Limenitis arthemis astyanax (Fabricius, 1775)
• Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)

3.4. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Drury, D. (1773): Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to their different Genera; Very few of which have hitherto been figured by any Author, Being engraved and coloured from Nature, with the greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's own Inspection, On Fifty Copper-Plates. With a particular Description of each Insect: Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections of the Nature and Properties of many of them. Vol. II: i-vii, 1-90, pl. I-L, Index to the First Volume, Errata and Addenda to the First Volume [not paginated], Index to the Second Volume, Errata and Addenda to the Second Volume [not paginated]. London.