Biology:Aporia acraea

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Short description: Butterfly species of genus Aporia

Aporia acraea
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (19142299608).jpg
A.a. lotis in Leech, J. H., Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1892-1893 (fig. 6).
Scientific classification edit
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
  • Draeseke 1924[2] Oberthür, 1885[1]
  • Pieris lotis Pieris acraea
  • Leech, 1890[2] Metaporia acraea funkei

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]

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. https://archive.org/details/annalesdelasoci651885socis/page/708/mode/2up. .

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2160337 entry