Nymphalidae : Nymphalinae
Camberwell Beauty
NYMPHALIS antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Camberwell Beauty
NYMPHALIS antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Life Cycle Guide - Europe
Description
Wingspan: Male - 50 - 67 Female - 59 - 76mm
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Gibraltar,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Sicily) : Caucasus : Transcaucasia : N & C Turkey : Temperate Asia : N America : northern mountains S America
UK Distribution: Rare migrant to British Isles from Scandinavia & mainland Europe
UK Conservation Status -
Habitat: Deciduous Woodland including : Gardens : Parks
Similar Species -
Larva: The 50mm final instar larva is black with a red spot on most segments dorsally. Head and spines blackand the body is covered with tiny white dots. Early stage larvae live gregariously in silken web
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: This spectacular butterfly was once called "The Grand Surprize" and in America called the "Morning Cloak" was named from the original two specimens flying around willow trees in Camberwell,London way back in 1748.
Since then approximately 2000 butterflies have been recorded with the best years being,1789,1793,1820,1846,1872,1947,1976,1995 and 2006.In 1995 more than 500 Camberwell Beauty were seen and in 2006 it was 273.
It is an irregular migrant to the British Isles from Scandinavia and mainland Europe where most are found along the south east coast of England, being even rarer inland.
Very few of these butterflies can survive our winter, and as such none go on to breed which always takes place after hibernation.
Small numbers may be seen in April but the prime months to see this butterfly are August and September.
Worldwide Distribution: Europe - excluding (Canary Is.,Crete,Cyprus,Gibraltar,Madeira,Malta,Sardinia & Sicily) : Caucasus : Transcaucasia : N & C Turkey : Temperate Asia : N America : northern mountains S America
UK Distribution: Rare migrant to British Isles from Scandinavia & mainland Europe
UK Conservation Status -
- Migrant
- Least Concern
- Papilio antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Papilio polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Sweden,America
Habitat: Deciduous Woodland including : Gardens : Parks
Similar Species -
- None
Larva: The 50mm final instar larva is black with a red spot on most segments dorsally. Head and spines blackand the body is covered with tiny white dots. Early stage larvae live gregariously in silken web
Overwinters as: Adult
Observations: This spectacular butterfly was once called "The Grand Surprize" and in America called the "Morning Cloak" was named from the original two specimens flying around willow trees in Camberwell,London way back in 1748.
Since then approximately 2000 butterflies have been recorded with the best years being,1789,1793,1820,1846,1872,1947,1976,1995 and 2006.In 1995 more than 500 Camberwell Beauty were seen and in 2006 it was 273.
It is an irregular migrant to the British Isles from Scandinavia and mainland Europe where most are found along the south east coast of England, being even rarer inland.
Very few of these butterflies can survive our winter, and as such none go on to breed which always takes place after hibernation.
Small numbers may be seen in April but the prime months to see this butterfly are August and September.
Photo Gallery
Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Betulaceae - The Birch Family
- Alnus incana - Grey Alder
- Betula alleghaniensis - Yellow Birch
- Betula chinensis - Chinese Birch
- Betula dahurica - No Common Name
- Betula ermanii - Gold Birch
- Betula nana - Dwarf Birch
- Betula papyrifera - Paper Birch
- Betula pendula - Silver Birch
- Betula platyphylla - White Birch
- Betula pubescens - White Birch : Downy Birch
- Ostrya virginiana - Ironwood, Hophornbeam, Hop Hornbeam American, Hop Hornbeam Eastern
- Cannabidaceae - Hemp/Hop Family
- Humulus lupulus - Hop
- Fabaceae - Leguminosea - The Pulse - Bean - Pea - Legume Family
- Onobrychis vicifolia - Sainfoin
- Moraceae - Fig Family
- Morus rubra - Red Mulberry, Common Mulberry, White Mulberry
- Oleceae - Mesophytic Shrubs - Trees - Vines
- Fraxinus americana - White Ash
- Polygonaceae - Docks - Sorrels - Knotweeds - Smartweeds
- Rumex acetosella - Sheeps Sorrel
- Rosaceae - The Rose Family
- Pyrus communis - Wild Pear
- Spiraea alba - White Meadowsweet
- Salicaceae - Willow Family
- Populus alba - White Poplar
- Populus balsamifera - Balsam Poplar
- Populus deltoides - Eastern Cottonwood
- Populus grandidentata - Canadian Aspen
- Populus maximowiczii - Doronoki
- Populus nigra ssp italica- Black Poplar/Lombardy Poplar
- Populus tremula - Aspen Poplar
- Populus tremuloides - American Aspen-Poplar
- Populus canadensis - Golden Carolina Poplar
- Populus X jackii - Balm Of Gilead
- Salix alba - White Willow
- Salix aurita - Eared Sallow
- Salix babylonica - Weeping Willow
- Salix bebbiana - Beak Bebb Willow
- Salix candida - Sage Willow
- Salix caprea - Goat Willow
- Salix cinerea - Grey Willow
- Salix discolor - American Pussy Willow
- Salix exigua - Coyote Willow : Narrowleaf Willow
- Salix integra - Japanese Variagated Willow
- Salix jepsonii - Jepson's Willow
- Salix lucida - Shining Willow, Greenleaf willow
- Salix lutea - Yellow Willow
- Salix nigra - Black Willow
- Salix pentandra - Bay Willow
- Salix phylicifolia - Tealeaf Willow
- Salix sericea - Silky Willow
- Salix viminalis - Osier
- Tiliaceae - Lime Family
- Tilia americana - American Basswood - Carolina Basswood
- Ulmaceae - Elm Family
- Celtis laevigata - Sugarberry, Netleaf hackberry, Texan sugarberry, Sugar Hackberry
- Celtis occidentalis - Hackberry, Common hackberry
- Ulmus americana - American Elm
- Ulmus minor var. minor - East Anglian Elm - Narrow-leaved Elm
- Ulmus parvifolia - Chinese Elm
- Ulmus procera - English Elm - Common Elm
- Ulmus pumila - Siberian Elm
- Ulmus rubra - Slippery Elm
Larval Food Plants
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Taxonomy
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Animalia
Eumetozoa Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Lepidoptera Papilionoidea Nymphalidae Nymphalinae Nymphalini NYMPHALIS Kluk 1780 Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Papilio polychloros (Linnaeus, 1758) - PAPILIO antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) = Vanessa antiopa = morio (Retzius, 1783) = Vanessa borealis Wnukowsky, 1927 = Euvanessa antiopa - Syst. Nat. (Edn 10) 1 : Title page : p.476 - n.112 - Sweden,America - N. a. antiopa (Linnaeus, 1758) - Nominate Subspecies - Sweden N. a. hyperborea (Seitz, 1914) N. a. asopos (Fruhstorfer, 1909) - Japan N. a. asopos (Fruhstorfer, 1909) - Sichuan |