Pseudopontia mabira

Pseudopontia mabira is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo within about 5 degrees latitude north and south of the Equator.[1]

Pseudopontia mabira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pseudopontia
Species:
P. mabira
Binomial name
Pseudopontia mabira
K. Mitter and S. Collins, 2011

References

  1. Mitter, K.T., Larsen, T.B., et al. (2011). The butterfly subfamily Pseudopontiinae is not monobasic: marked genetic diversity and morphology reveal three new species of Pseudopontia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Systematic Entomology 36: 139-163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00549.x


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