Nymphalis vaualbum

Compton tortoiseshell
In Temagami, Ontario
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Nymphalis
Species:
N. vaualbum
Binomial name
Nymphalis vaualbum
Subspecies
  • N. vaualbum j-album (Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835))
  • N. vaualbum l-album (Esper, 1781)
  • N. vaualbum samurai (Fruhstorfer, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Papilio vau album
    • Polygonia vau-album
    • Roddia vaualbum
  • Papilio l-album
    • Vanessa l-album
    • Polygonia l-album
    • Nymphalis l-album
    • Roddia l-album
  • Roddia j-album

Nymphalis vaualbum or N. l-album, the Compton tortoiseshell, or false comma, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

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