Biology:Eronia

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Eronia
Vine-leaf Vagrant, Africa.jpg
Vine-leaf vagrant (Eronia cleodora), Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Teracolini
Genus: Eronia
Hübner, [1823]

Eronia, commonly called vagrants, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa. For other butterflies called "vagrants" see genus Nepheronia.

Species

Source:[1]

  • Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 – vine-leaf vagrant
  • Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847) – autumn leaf vagrant or orange-and-lemon (butterfly)

References

  1. Eronia, funet.fi

Wikidata ☰ Q1304272 entry