Appias phoebe

Appias phoebe is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the Philippines (including Palawan and Luzon). A new subspecies was discovered in 2020.

Appias phoebe
A. p. rowelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. phoebe
Binomial name
Appias phoebe
(C. & R. Felder, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris phoebe C. & R. Felder, 1861
  • Appias (Appias) phoebe

Subspecies
  • Appias phoebe mindana Yamamoto & Takei, 1980 (Mindanao)
  • Appias phoebe nuydai Badon & Miller, 2020 [2]
  • Appias phoebe phoebe
  • Appias phoebe rowelli (R. Rodriguez, H. Schröder & Treadaway, 1982) (Palawan)

References
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  1. Appias phoebe, Site of Markku Savela
  2. Badon, Jade Aster; Miller, Jacqueline (16 June 2020). "A new subspecies of Appias phoebe C.  R. F, 1861 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from Mount Talinis, Negros Island, Philippines". Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo. Frankfurt. 40: 147–148. ISSN 0723-9912.


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