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Prioneris philonome (Boisduval, 1836)

Имаго Prioneris philonome

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Prioneris philonome (Boisduval, 1836) = Prioneris vollenhovi = Prioneris themana = Pieris philonome Boisduval, 1836. [9, 85, PC]

The Red-spot Sawtooth.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Имаго Prioneris philonome

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Prioneris vollenhovi; Prioneris themana. [PC81].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Wingspan 70-80 mm. Similar toPrioneris thesthylisbut UnH has a small orange-red basal spot and four-fifths of UnH is yellow in male and yellow is more extensive in female. Subsp. clemantheis more rich yellow and the markings in ofthemanaare darker than the former at tornal area of ​​the UnH. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Capparis zeylanica, Capparis sepiaria [144].

Subspecies of Prioneris philonome

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alex Dumchus.

Text data: Dmitriy Pozhogin, Svetlana Shchavelina.

References

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