Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Coliadinae → tribe Coliadini → genus Catopsilia → species Catopsilia pyranthe

Species name(s)

Catopsilia pyranthe (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio pyranthe Linnaeus, 1758 = Callidryas lactea Butler, 1870 = Catopsilia pythias Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 = Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe = Papilio alcyone Cramer, [1775 = Callidryas thisorella Boisduval, 1836. [9, 85, 187]

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 2.

Wingspan

63—64 mm.

Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 63-64 mm (orig. Text: Exp. Alar. Unc. 2, lin. 7). [170].

Subspecies of Catopsilia pyranthe

Catopsilia pyranthe chryseis (Drury, [1773]). [9]
C. p. crokera (Macleay, 1826). [9]
C. p. evangelina (Butler, 1870). [9]
C. p. minna (Herbst, 1792). [9]
C. p. pyranthe. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Anna Gerasimova, Dmitriy Pozhogin.

Text data: Fedor Ovechkin.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov, Vasiliy Feoktistov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[170] Butler, A. G. List of Species in a small Collection of Butterflies from the South Seas. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 5 (29) : 357-361, 1870
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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