genus

NymphalisKluk, 1780

Tortoiseshells

species
4out of 1040% covered
images
2,628

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Species in this genus

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

  • genusNymphalis4 species2,628 images
    • speciesNymphalis antiopa(Linnaeus, 1758)1,097 images
    • speciesNymphalis californica(Boisduval, 1852)recorded as Chlosyne californica487 images
    • speciesNymphalis comma
    • speciesNymphalis faunus
    • speciesNymphalis geoffroyiGuérin, 1830
    • speciesNymphalis interrogationis
    • speciesNymphalis polychloros(Linnaeus, 1758)872 images
    • speciesNymphalis progne
    • speciesNymphalis pyracmonGodart, 1824
    • speciesNymphalis xanthomelas([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)172 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)