Stage, end of February 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • end of February: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    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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    Butterfly (hibernating)
   

Appearance as Egg

The egg of the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty is cylindrical/elliptical with eight protruding longitudinal ribs.

Eggs of Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) (Nymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperborea) at American Elm (Ulmus americana)

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Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty

Eggs of Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) (Nymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperborea) at American Elm (Ulmus americana)

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Photograph: Joseph BelicekJoseph Belicek; Edmonton, Alberta, /PicturesNA/Flags/CA.pngCanadaEdmonton, Alberta, /PicturesNA/Flags/CA.pngCanadaAlberta, /PicturesNA/Flags/CA.pngCanada/PicturesNA/Flags/CA.pngCanada (7. May 2006)

Breeding: Joseph BelicekJoseph Belicek

Eggs of Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)

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Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty

Eggs of Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)

Photograph: Mario PelusoMario Peluso; /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany

It is initially green, later purple/brownish and finally black Fonseca, 2025 - Nymphalis antiopa. It has a size of approx. 0.9 * 0.7 mm. Enrique García-BarrosEnrique García-Barros calculates the volume to be 0.241 García-Barros, 1996 - Egg size in butteflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperiidae): a summary of data.

In contrast to the Nominiform or (new) nominotypic taxon: Taxon defined by the same name-bearing type as the higher-ranking taxon to which it itself belongs.Type Species Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758), the egg of the subspecies Nymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperboreaNymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperboreaNymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperborea (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperborea (see Subspecies (ssp. hyperborea)) is not green at first, but yellow.

1Enrique García-Barros calculates the volume using the formula: volume = 1 / 6(pi)(max. diameter * max. diameter)(height).