Colloquial Names

	Armenia	Անթիոփա
	Bulgaria	траурницу
	China	黄缘蛱蝶
	Denmark	Sørgekåbe
	Germany	Trauermantel; Truermantel (plattdüütsch)
	Estonia	Leinaliblikas
	Finland	Suruvaippa
	France	Morio; Manteau Royal; Velours; Manteau-de-deuil
	United Kingdom (Great Britain)	Camberwell Beauty; mantell alarus (walisisch); mentyll galarus (walisisch)
	Ireland	Camberwell Beauty; Bé na fallainge (goidelisch)
	Iceland	Sorgarskikkja
	Iran	پروانه بالاپوش‌دار (persisch)
	Italy	Antiopa; Plurënt (ladinisch)
	Japan	キベリタテハ; Kiberi-tateha
	Kazakhstan	Ҡара күбәләк
	Latvia	Bērzu raibenis
	Lithuania	Šeirys
	Mexico	Mariposa Velo de Duelo
	Kingdom of the Netherlands	Rouwmantel; Roumantel (friesisch)
	Norway	Sørgekåbe
	Austria	Trauermantel
	Poland	Rusałka żałobnikuruvaippa; Rusałka żałobnik
	Portugal	Nymphalis antiopa
	Russia	траурницу; Traurnitca
	Serbia	Краљев плашт
	Sweden	Sorgmantel
	Switzerland	Trauermantel; Truurmantel (alemannisch)
	Slovakia	Babôčka osiková
	Spain	Antiopa; Vellutada del salze (katalanisch); L'antiope (asturisch)
	Czechia	Babočka osiková; Černokabátník1; lidově černopláštník
	Turkey	Yas pelerini kelebeği, Sarı Bantlı Kadife
	Ukraine	Traurnitcya, Жалібниця
	Hungary	Gyászlepke
	United States	Mourning Cloak

1The Czech translation of ‘mourning cloak’ is ‘Černokabátník’, but this name is rarely used for the mourning cloak. ‘Babočka osiková’ refers to the family ‘Nymphalidae (noble butterflies)’, as well as the food plant ‘Trembling Poplar [aspen] (Populus tremula)’ (source: Joseph Belicek, 2009).

The long-established German name Trauermantel refers to the butterflies' resemblance to an item of clothing:

The mourning cloak.

A similar name that is no longer used today is Trauervogel Goeze; Donndorf, 1803 - Europäische Fauna oder Naturgeschichte der europäischen Thiere in angenehmen Geschichten und Erzählungen für allerley Leser vorzüglich für die Jugend.

Pleureusenvogel Esper, 1777 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur, Pleureuse de Geer, 1776 - Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Insekten or Schöne Pleureuse de Geer, 1776 - Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Insekten, German names that are no longer common today refer to the so-called Pleureuse (pronounced in French). These are mourning bandages, which were part of the mourning costume in the 17th and 18th centuries in particular (white cloth bandages around the cuffs of the sleeves).

In 1781, the Kaiserslautern doctor and botanist Johann Adam Pollich (1741-1780)Johann Adam Pollich Pollich, 1781 - Von Insekten, die in des Ritters v. Linné Natursysteme nicht befindlich sind gave the butterfly the name Weißsaum (engl.: White Border) because Johann Adam Pollich (1741-1780)Johann Adam Pollich mistook an overwintered butterfly with a white border for a new species Schulte, 2007 - Die Tagfalter der Pfalz, Band 1.

Arno Bergmann (1882-1960)Arno Bergmann, a lepidopterist from Thuringia, gave the butterfly the name Hain-Birken-Salweiden-Prachtfalter (engl.: Grove Birch and Willow Fritillary) in the 1950s Bergmann, 1952 - Die Großschmetterlinge Mitteldeutschlands. At the time, he tried to assign German names that reflected the habitat of the butterflies.

Johann Andreas Benignus Bergsträsser (1732-1812)Johann Andreas Benignus Bergsträsser called it Palmweidenfalter (engl.: Palm Willow Butterfly) Gönner, 1928 - Der Trauermantel und sein Formenkreis, Candid Huber (1747-1813)Candid Huber Weidendornfalter (engl.: Willow Thorn Butterfly). He was also known as Birkenflatterer and Mantille Hoffmann, 1846 - Das Buch der Welt.

Also Wasserweidenfalter (engl.: Water Willow Butterfly) Goeze; Donndorf, 1803 - Europäische Fauna oder Naturgeschichte der europäischen Thiere in angenehmen Geschichten und Erzählungen für allerley Leser vorzüglich für die Jugend or Wasserweiden-Tagfalter (engl.: Water Willow Butterfly) Bechstein, 1818 - Die Forst- und Jagdwissenschaft nach allen ihren Theilen für angehende und ausübende Forstmänner und Jäger were formerly used names of the Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty.

Baron Carl De GeerBaron Carl De Geer called Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty Mohr De Geer, 1778 - Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Insekten, Georg Jacob Gladbach (1736-1796)Georg Jacob Gladbach Mantillgen (later: Mantillchen) Gladbach, 1775 - Nahmen- und Preiß-Catalogus der Schmetterlingen oder der Tag- und Nachtvögels: Nach des Rösels vier Theilen der Insekten-Belustigung und Kleemanns Beytrag, wie auch nach Linneischer Benennung.

The name Goldene Tresse listed in Bechstein; Scharfenberg, 1805 - Vollständige Naturgeschichte der schädlichen Forstinsekten is also interesting - Tresse comes from the French and represents, among other things, a border on an item of clothing.

In Low German (plattdüütsch) it is called Truermantel.

Summarising the German names given to Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty:

• Birkenflatterer
• Goldene Tresse
• Hain-Birken-Salweiden-Prachtfalter
• Mantielle
• Mantillchen
• Mantillgen
• Mohr
• Palmweidenfalter
• Pleureuse
• Pleureusenvogel
• Schöne Pleureuse
• Trauermantel
• Trauervogel
• Wasserweidenfalter
• Wasserweiden-Tagfalter
• Weidendornfalter (Weiden-Dornfalter)
• Weißsaum

The name Mourning Cloak is mainly used in the English-speaking world in the United StatesUnited States and is the equivalent of the German name Trauermantel. Around the turn of the 19th century, the name Antiopa Weed, 1917 - Butterflies worth knowing was also once common in the United StatesUnited States.

The British name Camberwell Beauty (first used in Harris, 1766 - The Aurelian) refers to the village of Camberwell, which was located outside London at the time. In 1748, the Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty was first sighted there in EnglandEngland officially Wilkes, 1749 - The English Moths and Butterflies (see also Honouring (Camberwell/London)).

The name Grand Surprise (first used in Harris, 1766 - The Aurelian) alludes to its rare appearance in the British Isles.

British names that are no longer in use today but are still beautiful are White Border Weed, 1917 - Butterflies worth knowing, White-Bordered Haworth, 1803 - Lepidoptera Britannica; sistens digestionem novam insectorum Lepidopterorum quæ in Magna Britannia reperiuntur and White Petticoat Cockayne, 1921 - The White Border of Euvanessa antiopa L..

The word white is a reference to the fact that many Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauties with white borders were sighted in the British Isles and are still sighted today. At the time, it was assumed that the moths were a native breed (see Research about border-color (Outline)).

The names Yellow Edge, Yellow Edge Butterfly Weed, 1917 - Butterflies worth knowing and Yellow Bordered Butterfly have the yellow border instead of the white one.

Also the names Willow Butterfly (first used in Wilkes, 1749 - The English Moths and Butterflies) and Willow Beauty Williamson, 2002 - Nature Trails: A bashful beauty, which allude to the caterpillar food plant willow (German: Weide) are no longer used today.

Summarising the English names given to Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty:

• Antiopa
• Camberwell Beauty
• Grand Surprise
• Mourning Cloak
• White Border
• White-Bordered
• White Petticoat
• Willow Beauty
• Willow Butterfly
• Yellow Bordered Butterfly
• Yellow Edge
• Yellow Edge Butterfly

In French-speaking countries, the name Morio is used for the Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty today.

It is also called Velours, Manteau royal or Manteau-de-deuil.

In the past, the name Le Manteau bigarré Esper, 1777 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur (engl.: The colourful coat) was used for it.

Today, the name Rouwmantel is common in the Flemish-speaking world.

In the past, the names Koningsmantel (German: Königsmantel) and De Bonte Mantel Esper, 1777 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur (engl.: The colourful coat) were used.