Stage, early March 2025 in GermanyGermanyGermany

  • early March: 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)
   

The Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty is primarily found worldwide in Non-tropical area of the northern hemisphere.holarctic areas with a predominantly Types of climate outside the tropics that are characterised by large seasonal fluctuations in monthly average temperatures of over 20 °C. Source: Wikipedia.continental or Montains (Alps: 800-1850m altitude, Low mountain range 450-1500m altitude)montane climate.

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A Types of climate outside the tropics that are characterised by large seasonal fluctuations in monthly average temperatures of over 20 °C. Source: Wikipedia.continental climate is associated with long and cold winters. This is followed by a short spring, a dry and warm summer and another short autumn.

Areas with a Types of climate outside the tropics that are characterised by large seasonal fluctuations in monthly average temperatures of over 20 °C. Source: Wikipedia.continental climate prevail in the northern hemisphere in the latitudes between 45º and 65º in the interior and on the eastern side of the continents.

This climate type is completely absent in the southern hemisphere - as is the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty.

The butterfly can be found on the following continents:

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

Trauermantel (Nymphalis antiopa)

Photograph: Gerd LintzmeyerGerd Lintzmeyer; Zeitzer Forst, Saxony Anhalt, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanyZeitzer Forst, Saxony Anhalt, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermanySaxony Anhalt, /PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany/PicturesNA/Flags/de.pngGermany (11. July 2003)

The dark wing colour of the Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)Camberwell BeautyNymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)Mourning CloakCamberwell Beauty and its preference for basking in the sun with outstretched wings (e.g. on paths or tree trunks) allows the butterfly to live in areas with cooler and Montains (Alps: 800-1850m altitude, Low mountain range 450-1500m altitude)montane climates Fonseca, 2025 - Nymphalis antiopa.