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Appias cardena (Hewitson, [1861])

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Appias cardena (Hewitson, [1861]) = Pieris cardena Hewitson, 1861 = Tachyris cardena perakana Fruhstorfer, 1902. [9, 85, 187]

The Yellow Puffin.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:16566

Primary colors

Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 60-70 mm. Male UP is white, FW with a narrow black border at costa, broader at apex and along the termen to space 2, HW border narrow and darkened inwards along the veins; UN markings on FW is similar to the UP, HW yellow at basal half of the wing, heavily black dusting along veins and with a narrow dark border at tornal area. [144].

Subspecies of Appias cardena

Appias cardena cardena. [9]
A. c. hagar (Vollenhoven, 1865). [9]
A. c. perakana (Fruhstorfer, 1902). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alex Dumchus.

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

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