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Nymphalis antiopa
Checklist Number59.028 [B&F: 1596]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Genus: | Nymphalis |
| Species: | antiopa |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Common in open woodland throughout much of Fennoscandia and mainland Europe; in Britain, appears as a rare migrant, often in the east, and sometimes in numbers, as in 1976, 1995 and 2006. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight an extremely rare immigrant. Wingspan 60-65 mm. Larva feeds on Willow, Sallow and Poplar.