Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Ixias → species Ixias pyrene
Species name(s)
Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764) = Papilio pyrene Linnaeus, 1764 = Papilio aenippe Cramer, [1777] = Ixias familiaris Butler 1874. [9, 187]
The Yellow Orange Tip.
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Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 45-55 mm. Male UP is pale greenish-yellow invernaor yellow inyunnanensis, FW black at apical half and with a broad yellow-orange subapical band inside, crossed by black veins, HW with a broad black border in contrasting with the pale background. Female is black dusted basally, along the costa, UpF with an incomplete, narrower yellow band, HW black border generally broader than in male. Subsp. vernahas paler background coloring on the UP than inyunnanensis. [144].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Capparis zeylanica, Capparis sepiaria [144].
Subspecies of Ixias pyrene
- Ixias pyrene alticola Pendlebury, 1933. [9]
- I. p. andamana Moore, 1877. [9]
- I. p. balice (Boisduval, 1836). [9]
- I. p. birdi Distant, 1883. [9]
- I. p. cingalensis Moore, [1881]. [9]
- I. p. clarki Avinoff, 1926. [9]
- I. p. familiaris Butler, 1874. [9]
- I. p. hainana Fruhstorfer. [9]
- I. p. insignis Butler, 1879. [9]
- I. p. kausala Moore, 1877. [9]
- I. p. latifasciata Butler, 1871. [9]
- I. p. ludekingi (Vollenhoven, 1860). [9]
- I. p. pyrene. [9]
- I. p. sesia (Fabricius, 1777). [9]
- I. p. undatus Butler. [9]
- I. p. verna Druce, 1874. [9]
- I. p. yunnanensis Fruhstorfer, 1902. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.
References
- [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
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