California Tortoiseshell

species of butterfly
Taxon taxon Q2285307
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California Tortoiseshell

Summary

California Tortoiseshell is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • California Tortoiseshell's image is recorded as Nymphalis californica, Flügeloberseite.jpg[3].
  • California Tortoiseshell's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • California Tortoiseshell's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • California Tortoiseshell's parent taxon is recorded as Nymphalis[6].
  • California Tortoiseshell's taxon name is recorded as Nymphalis californica[7].
  • California Tortoiseshell's Commons category is recorded as Nymphalis californica[8].
  • California Tortoiseshell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06px_b[9].
  • California Tortoiseshell's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 171593[10].
  • California Tortoiseshell's ITIS TSN is recorded as 778040[11].
  • California Tortoiseshell's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 163693[12].
  • California Tortoiseshell's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 527409[13].
  • California Tortoiseshell's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5130696[14].
  • California Tortoiseshell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nymphalis californica[15].
  • California Tortoiseshell's Commons gallery is recorded as Nymphalis californica[16].
  • California Tortoiseshell's ZooBank ID for name or act is recorded as 28D04F86-49CD-45A3-A096-9BD54D38A209[17].
  • California Tortoiseshell's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'N. californica'}[18].
  • California Tortoiseshell's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'California Tortoiseshell'}[19].
  • California Tortoiseshell's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+53'}[20].
  • California Tortoiseshell's BugGuide taxon ID is recorded as 27454[21].
  • California Tortoiseshell's UMLS CUI is recorded as C1198506[22].
  • California Tortoiseshell's has host is recorded as Arctostaphylos[23].
  • California Tortoiseshell's has host is recorded as Ceanothus cordulatus[24].
  • California Tortoiseshell's has host is recorded as Ceanothus thyrsiflorus[25].
  • California Tortoiseshell's has host is recorded as Ceanothus[26].
  • California Tortoiseshell's has host is recorded as Ceanothus fendleri[27].

Why It Matters

California Tortoiseshell ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32 views/month, #1,600 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . ZooBank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . The Butterflies of Canada. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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