Species: Nymphalis l-album
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Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Nymphalis
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Nymphalis - .
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Nymphalidae.
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-08-16
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - Subarctic Alaska and Canada; south to Oregon, Colorado, and Minnesota, and occurring south in mountains to Missouri and North Carolina.
Global Range Code
H
Global Range Description
>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)