Aporia acraea

Aporia acraea is a butterfly species in family Pieridae.[3] The species occurs in China,[1] where it is found in western Sichuan and northern Yunnan.[4]

Aporia acraea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Aporia
Species:
A. acraea
Binomial name
Aporia acraea
(Oberthür, 1885)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris acraea Oberthür, 1885[1]
  • Pieris lotis Leech, 1890[2]
  • Metaporia acraea funkei Draeseke 1924[2]

Former subspecies
  • Aporia acraea wolongensis (now Aporia wolongensis)[2]
    • Aporia acraea koiwayai (now Aporia wolongensis koiwayai)[2]
  • Aporia acraea tayiensis (now Aporia tayiensis)[2]
  • Aporia acraea lotis (junior synonym of Aporia acraea)[2]

Original description

As Pieris acraea, Charles Oberthür in Ragonot, Émile Louis (1885). "Séance du 23 décembre 1885". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 6: CCXXVI–CCXXVII..

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Aporia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
  2. Huang, Hao (July 2016). "New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. Deutschen Forschungszentrale für Schmetterlingswanderungen. 47 (1–2): 161–162. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aporia acraea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  4. Vis, Ruud; Coene, Hans A. (2012). "Contribution to the butterfly fauna of Sichuan, China (Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)". Deinsea. 15 (1): 16. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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