Pareronia valeria (Cramer, [1776])

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Colotini → genus Pareronia → species Pareronia valeria

Species name(s)

Pareronia valeria (Cramer, [1776]) = Papilio valeria Cramer, [1776] = Nepheronia valeria leona Fruhstorfer, 1903 = Nepheronia valeria persides Fruhstorfer, 1903 = Nepheronia valeria tryphena Fruhstorfer, 1903. [9, 85, 187]

The Malayan Wanderer.

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Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 60-85 mm. Male similar toPareronia avatarbut differs in having an additional upper streak beyond the cell in space 9 whereas streaks beyond the cell in the former present in spaces 4-6. Female has broader yellow patch at basal half of HW. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Capparis zeylanica, Capparis sepiaria [144].

Subspecies of Pareronia valeria

Pareronia valeria baweanica Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
P. v. calliparga Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
P. v. gulussa Fruhstorfer, 1910. [9]
P. v. hainanensis Fruhstorfer, 1912. [9]
P. v. kangeana (Fruhstorfer, 1903). [9]
P. v. lutescens (Butler, 1879). [9]
P. v. niasica (Fruhstorfer, 1900). [9]
P. v. palawana (Fruhstorfer, 1900). [9]
P. v. sumbawana (Fruhstorfer, 1900). [9]
P. v. sundana (Fruhstorfer, 1897). [9]
P. v. tryphena (Fruhstorfer, 1903). [9]
P. v. valeria. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Igor Ivannikov.

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