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BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
NYMPHALIDAE
(fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
Nymphalis polychloros
(Large Tortoiseshell)
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Nymphalis polychloros L., 1758 (Large Tortoiseshell)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Revels, R., 2007, Large Tortoiseshell, British Wildlife, Volume 19, no. 1: 56 (Colour photograph) Large Tortoiseshell

Nymphalis polychloros may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)		 Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)		 ANIMALIA
(animals)		 ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)		 HEXAPODA
(hexapods)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)		 PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Nymphalis polychloros:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Lydella stabulans - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe vulgaris - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Nymphalis polychloros may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)		 INSECTA
(insects)		 LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)		 NYMPHALIDAE
(fritillary and vanessid butterflies)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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