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Nymphalis antiopa
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Nymphalisnative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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49
Plants
visited
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78
Interactions
documented
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11
Host plants
known
About this species
Nymphalis antiopa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae recorded in Great Britain. The status of its presence is indeterminate, and it has not been confirmed as an established introduced species.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
The species is univoltine, completing a single generation annually. Overwintering occurs in the adult stage; butterflies emerge from hibernation in spring to breed, with the next generation of adults appearing later in the year before overwintering.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
adult
Scientific profile
Nymphalis antiopa belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It has a univoltine life cycle, producing one generation each year. Adults are the overwintering stage; they enter hibernation and resume activity the following spring.
Host plants
11 plants serve as food for the larvae
Salix cinereaHumulus lupulusPopulus albaPyrus communisSalix alba subsp. coeruleaPopulus nigraOnobrychis viciifoliaCeltis occidentalisPopulus tremulaPopulus × canadensisSpiraea alba
Visited plants
38 plants are visited by this species
Salix pentandraSalix fragilisAster lanceolatusEuthamia graminifoliaAcer platanoidesAlnus incanaBetula nanaSalix auritaSalix viminalisSalix phylicifoliaBetula pendulaSalix capreaCirsium arvensePrunus domestica subsp. domesticaTilia europaeaBetula pubescensAchillea millefolium var. collinaAlliaria petiolataGlechoma hederaceaAllium schoenoprasumPrunus serotinaPrunus cerasusSyringa vulgarisPtelea trifoliataAsclepias syriacaAmelanchier alnifoliaMalus domesticaHesperis matronalisLythrum salicariaPrunus aviumTaraxacum officinaleBuddleja davidiiSymphoricarpos albusBellis perennisPrunus laurocerasusFicaria vernaAbies concolorSolidago canadensis
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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