Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Pieris → subgenus Artogeia → species Pieris canidia

Species name(s)

Pieris (Artogeia) canidia (Sparrman, 1768) = Papilio canidia Linnaeus, 1768 = Papilio gliciria Cramer, [1777] = Pieris canidia mars Bang-Haas, 1927 = Pieris canidia palaearctica Staudinger, 1886. [3, 9, 187]

The Indian Cabbage White.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Russia regions

#40. Primorsky.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Regions of the Russian Federation: Seaside. [3].
Distribution in Thailand: Wiang Pa Pao, Wang Chin [144].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

wingspan 45-55 mm. Male UP is white with black FW apex and a black discal spot, HW with a broad black spot at apex and a series of black marginal spots at the end of veins. Female similar but all markings are broader, an additional discal spot at FW dorsum present. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Brassica oleracea, Cleome spinosa, Rorippa dubia [144].

Subspecies of Pieris canidia

Pieris canidia canidia. [9]
P. c. indica Evans, 1926. [9]
P. c. juba Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
P. c. malayica Martin, 1909. [9]
P. c. mars Bang-Haas, 1927. [9]
P. c. palaearctica (Staudinger, 1886). [355]
P. c. sordida (Butler, 1877). [9]

Authors

Photos: Alex Dumchus, Anna Gerasimova.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Svetlana Shchavelina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
[355] S.K. Korb, L.V. Bolshakov. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia. Suppl. 2. 124 p.