Aporia agathon (Gray, 1831)

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Aporia agathon (Gray, 1831) = Pieris agathon Gray, 1831 = Metaporia agathon = Aporia agathon agathon = Pieris phryxe Boisduval, 1836 = Aporia agathon sapaensis Funahashi, 2003. [9, 187]

The Great Black-vein.

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Detailed information with references

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Wingspan 75-85 mm. Male UP is yellowish-white to grayish-white with all veins broadly black, FW cell are heavily dusted, HW cell richer white; UN similar to the UP and with a prominent orange spot at base of HW. It mimicsParantica ssp.OfDanaidae. [144].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Mahonia siamensis [144].

Subspecies of Aporia agathon

Aporia agathon agathon. [9]
A. a. bifurcata Tytler, 1939. [9]
A. a. caphusa (Moore, 1872). [9]
A. a. lemoulti Bernard. [9]
A. a. moltrechti (Oberthür). [9]
A. a. omotoi Yoshino, 2003. [9]
A. a. phryxe (Boisduval, [1836]). [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

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