Stage, end of March 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • end of March: Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
    GermanyGermanyGermanyGermany /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Brandenburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Berlin /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bremen /PicturesNA/Misc/minus_2f2f2f.png extinct
    Baden-Württemberg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Bavaria /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Hesse /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Hamburg /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Mecklenburg-Vorpommern /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Lower Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    North Rhine-Westphalia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_ce0705.png very rare
    Rhineland-Palatinate /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Schleswig-Holstein /PicturesNA/Misc/check_edc401.png rare
    Saarland /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Saxony Anhalt /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
    Thuringia /PicturesNA/Misc/check_008d03.png common
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Reseach (Chronicle)

1634Thomas Moffet (1553-1604)Thomas Moffet
Mention of the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty - but without giving the There is no common definition of taxon "species"species a name.
Moffet, 1634 - Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum
1748Benjamin Wilkes (-c.1749)Benjamin Wilkes
In August 1748, two Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauties are caught in what is now London's, /PicturesNA/Flags/gb.pngUnited Kingdom (Great Britain)London's Camberwell, /PicturesNA/Flags/eng.pngEnglandCamberwell. A year later, Benjamin Wilkes (-c.1749)Benjamin Wilkes reports on it and calls the butterfly Willow-Butterfly.
Wilkes, 1749 - The English Moths and Butterflies
1758Carl von Linné (1707-1778)Carl von Linné
First scientific description and assignment of the name Papilio Antiopa.
von Linné, 1767 - Caroli a Linné, Systema Naturae, Tom. I. Pars II., Editio Duodecima Reformata.
Scientific Names (Name of Species)
1766Moses Harris (1730-c.1788)Moses Harris
First naming of the butterfly with The Grand Surprize and Camberwell Beauty.
Harris, 1766 - The Aurelian
Colloquial Names (English Names)
1777Eugenius Johann Christoph EsperEugenius Johann Christoph Esper
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa var. maiorNymphalis antiopa var. maior (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa var. maior as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Esper, 1777 - Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur
1851Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich (-1897)Gustav Heinrich Heydenreich
Naming of Nymphalis antiopa f. hygiaeaNymphalis antiopa f. hygiaeaNymphalis antiopa f. hygiaea (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. hygiaea as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Heydenreich, 1851 - Lepidopterorum Europaeorum, Catalogus Methodicus, Systematisches Verzeichnis der Europäischen Schmetterlinge
1856Asa Fitch (1809-1879)Asa Fitch
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa ssp. lintneriiNymphalis antiopa ssp. lintneriiNymphalis antiopa ssp. lintnerii (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. lintnerii as a new There is no common definition of taxon "species"species.
Fitch, 1856 - Third Report on the Noxious, Beneficial and Other Insects of the State of New York
1887Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844-1924)Arthur Gardiner Butler
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa var. thomsoniiNymphalis antiopa var. thomsonii (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa var. thomsonii as a new There is no common definition of taxon "species"species.
Butler, 1887 - Description of a new Butterfly allied to Vanessa antiopa
1894Emil Fischer (1868-1954)Emil Fischer
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa f. artemisNymphalis antiopa f. artemisNymphalis antiopa f. artemis (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. artemis and Nymphalis antiopa f. epioneNymphalis antiopa f. epione (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. epione as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Fischer, 1894 - Zwei neue Aberrationen von Vanessa antiopa
1895Max Standfuss (1854-1917)Max Standfuss
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa f. heppeiNymphalis antiopa f. heppei (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. heppei as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Standfuss, 1895 - Weitere Mittheilungen über den Einfluss extremer Temperaturen auf Schmetterlingspuppen: 7. Van. antiopa L.
1896Max Standfuss (1854-1917)Max Standfuss
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa f. daubiiNymphalis antiopa f. daubiiNymphalis antiopa f. daubii (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. daubii as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Standfuss, 1896 - Handbuch der paläarkitischen Gross-Schmetterlinge für Forscher und Sammler
1900George A. EhrmannGeorge A. Ehrmann
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa var. grandisNymphalis antiopa var. grandis (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa var. grandis as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Ehrmann, 1900 - Variations in some common species of butterflies
1901Embrik Strand (1876-1947)Embrik Strand
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa var. pusillaNymphalis antiopa var. pusilla (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa var. pusilla as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Strand, 1901 - Beschreibung neuer Schmetterlingsformen aus Norwegen
1902Emil Fischer (1868-1954)Emil Fischer
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa f. dorfmeisteriNymphalis antiopa f. dorfmeisteri (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. dorfmeisteri as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Fischer, 1902 - Drei neue Formen aus der Gruppe der Vanessiden
1909Hans Fruhstorfer (1866-1922)Hans Fruhstorfer
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa ssp. asoposNymphalis antiopa ssp. asoposNymphalis antiopa ssp. asopos (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. asopos and Nymphalis antiopa ssp. yedalunaNymphalis antiopa ssp. yedalunaNymphalis antiopa ssp. yedaluna (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. yedaluna as a new Members of one subspecies differ morphologically or by different coding sequences of DNA from members of other subspecies of the species. Subspecies are defined in relation to species.subspecies.
Fruhstorfer, 1909 - Neue Vanessa- und Pyrameis-Rassen
1914Adalbert Seitz (1860-1938)Adalbert Seitz
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperboreaNymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperboreaNymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperborea (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. hyperborea as a new Members of one subspecies differ morphologically or by different coding sequences of DNA from members of other subspecies of the species. Subspecies are defined in relation to species.subspecies.
Seitz, 1924 - The Macrolepidoptera of the World: A systematic description of the hitherto known Macrolepidoptera
1916Roger Verity (1883-1959)Roger Verity
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa ssp. cretaNymphalis antiopa ssp. creta (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. creta as a new Members of one subspecies differ morphologically or by different coding sequences of DNA from members of other subspecies of the species. Subspecies are defined in relation to species.subspecies.
Verity, 1916 - The British races of butterflies: their relationship and nomenclature
1920August Gramann (1876-1936)August Gramann
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa var. escheriNymphalis antiopa var. escheri (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa var. escheri and Nymphalis antiopa var. ziegleriNymphalis antiopa var. ziegleri (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa var. ziegleri as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Gramann, 1920 - Über die Aberrationen der Lepidopteren und deren Ursachen
1921Edward Alfred Cockayne (1880-1956)Edward Alfred Cockayne
Edward Alfred Cockayne (1880-1956)Edward Alfred Cockayne posits the theory that British butterflies are usually immigrants from Scandinavia.
Cockayne, 1921 - The White Border of Euvanessa antiopa L.
1927Woldemar WnukowskyWoldemar Wnukowsky
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa ssp. borealisNymphalis antiopa ssp. borealisNymphalis antiopa ssp. borealis (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa ssp. borealis as a new Members of one subspecies differ morphologically or by different coding sequences of DNA from members of other subspecies of the species. Subspecies are defined in relation to species.subspecies.
Wnukowsky, 1927 - Neue Lepidopterenformen aus Nordost-Sibirien und dem Mongolischen Altai.
1928Philipp GönnerPhilipp Gönner
Naming/description of Nymphalis antiopa f. obscuraNymphalis antiopa f. obscura (Linnaeus, 1758)Nymphalis antiopa f. obscura as a new A genetic or environmentally produced variation on the usual form of the speciesaberration.
Gönner, 1928 - Der Trauermantel und sein Formenkreis
1962-1968Hubert Roer (1926-2002)Hubert Roer
Hubert Roer (1926-2002)Hubert Roer carries out field trials in Bonn, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyBonn with approx. 1,500 labelled Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauties.
Roer, 1970 - Untersuchungen zum Migrationsverhalten des Trauermantels (Nymphalis antiopa L.) (Lep., Nymphalidae)
Roer, 1981 - Massenwechsel-Untersuchungen an einer Südosteuropäischen Population von Nymphalis antiopa (Lep.: Nymphalidae)