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    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, hibernating
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_ce0705.png very rare, hibernating
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_edc401.png rare, hibernating
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/snow_16_16_008d03.png common, hibernating
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Camberwell/London

The British - a people deeply attached to nature - have a very special relationship with their Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty.

This can be seen in one place in a unique way: In the London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London neighbourhood of Camberwell, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandCamberwell, the namesake for the British-English name of the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty.

Two Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauties were caught on Cool Arbour Lane in August 1748 Wilkes, 1749 - The English Moths and Butterflies. Today the street is called Coldharbour Lane, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandColdharbour Lane and the former village Camberwell, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandCamberwell is now a lively district of London's, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London's.

Coldharbour Lane, Camberwell, London, England

18 years later, it was the engraver and Insect scientistEntomologist Moses Harris (1730-c.1788)Moses Harris who first used the name Camberwell Beauty in Harris, 1766 - The Aurelian.

Camberwell Beauty Facade image, Superdrug Health Beauty Shop, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)/PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain) (25. April 2009)

Even in the 21st century, people in Camberwell, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandCamberwell are proud that the town gave its name to the butterfly, which is extremely rare in EnglandEnglandEnglandEngland.

A street sign on the main road Denmark Hill, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandDenmark Hill is not the only reminder of the extraordinary sighting over 250 years ago. Apart from the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty, you will encounter butterflies at every turn in Camberwell, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandCamberwell:

Be it as a metre-long picture of a building façade or the name of a shopping centre. Be it as the name of a kindergarten, a company logo or the emblem of a park.

Camberwell Beautry as the gateway to a playground, Camberwell Green, Camberwell, London, England

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)/PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain) (25. April 2009)

Even the entrance gate of a children's playground at Camberwell Green, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandCamberwell Green has the shape of an Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty with a yellow border and blue splendour spots.

Not so long ago, butterfly collecting was still a widespread and lovingly pursued hobby in society. Not only in the British Isles was catching an Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty one of the great experiences in the life of a butterfly collector. Michael A. SalmonMichael A. Salmon even speaks of the Holy Grail of butterfly collectors in his book Salmon, 2000 - The Aurelian Legacy - British Butterflies And Their Collectors in this context.

Superdrug Health Beauty, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)/PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain) (25. April 2009)

Butterfly Walk, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)/PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain) (25. April 2009)

Road sign on Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)/PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain) (25. April 2009)

Butterfly Walk, McDonald's, Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, England

Photograph: Ingo DanielsIngo Daniels; London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)/PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain) (25. April 2009)

A column in the Chichester Observer Williamson, 2002 - Nature Trails: A bashful beauty is about a sighting of the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty in Sussex, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandSussex:

...that most fine, glamorous and elusive butterfly of any that can be seen in Britain, the Camberwell Beauty

In so-called Camberwell Beauty years, in which many butterflies that have migrated from the continent are sighted in Great Britain, the event is recognised and appreciated by the whole country, not least through the corresponding attention in the press.

Montana State Butterfly

The Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty has been the official State Butterfly of the state of Montana in the north-west of the United StatesUnited StatesUnited StatesUnited States since 2001.

The organisation State Symbols USA writes about itself (as at: 31/01/2019):

State Symbols USA is a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting appreciation and conservation of our natural, historic, and cultural treasures through an interactive website providing information on state and national symbols & icons, cities, towns, parks, landmarks, historic markers, and historic and iconic figures.

See: Mourning Cloak Butterfly - Montana State Butterfly