Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Appias → species Appias nero

Species name(s)

Appias nero (Fabricius, 1793) = Papilio nero Fabricius, 1793 = Pieris thyria Godart, 1819 = Appias (Catophaga) nero = Pieris asterope Felder & Felder, 1862 = Pieris domitia Felder & Felder, 1862 = Pieris zamboanga Felder & Felder, 1862 = Tachyris nero hainanesis Fruhstorfer, 1902. [9, 85, 187]

The Orange Albatross.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 50-70 mm. Male UP orange, veins black, better defined on FW infigulinathan ingalba, the latter unmarked on HW while ends of veins along HW border of the former dark dusting. Female is usually darker reddish-orange, with broader black borders, UN with darker markings at discal areas than in the male. [144].

Subspecies of Appias nero

Appias nero acuminata (Snellen, 1890). [9]
A. n. baweanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1905). [9]
A. n. bouruensis (Wallace, 1867). [9]
A. n. chelidon (Fruhstorfer, 1905). [9]
A. n. domitia (C. & R. Felder, 1862). [9]
A. n. figulina (Butler, 1867). [9]
A. n. flavius Grose-Smith, 1892. [9]
A. n. galba (Wallace, 1867). [9]
A. n. hainanensis (Fruhstorfer, 1902). [9]
A. n. nero. [9]
A. n. neronis (Fruhstorfer, 1903). [9]
A. n. palawanica Staudinger, 1889. [9]
A. n. pulonus (Fruhstorfer, 1906). [9]
A. n. ramosa (Fruhstorfer, 1898). [9]
A. n. soranus Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
A. n. tibericus (Fruhstorfer, 1910). [9]
A. n. yamazakii Sonan, 1936. [9]
A. n. zamboanga (C. & R. Felder, 1862). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov.

Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org