Pieris melete Menetries, 1857
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 melete
Species name(s)
Pieris (Artogeia) melete Menetries, 1857 = Pieris aglaope Motschulsky, 1860 = Synchloë megamera Butler, 1873 = Pieris melete montana Verity, 1908 = Artogeia melete. [9, 355]
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 5.
Russia regions
#36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Regions of the Russian Federation: the Lower Amur, Seaside, Mid-Amur. [3].
Subspecies of Pieris melete
- Pieris melete orientis Oberthür, 1880. [9]
Authors
Photos:
Irina Nikulina, Yuri Semejkin.
Text data: Peter Khramov.
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
- [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.
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