Biology:Gonepteryx mahaguru

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Gonepteryx mahaguru
Gonepteryx mahaguru.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Gonepteryx
Species:
G. mahaguru
Binomial name
Gonepteryx mahaguru
Gistel, 1857

Gonepteryx mahaguru, the lesser brimstone, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is native to the Kashmir, Uttarakhand, China, Korea, and Japan.

Relation to Gonepteryx aspasia

Though there has historically been confusion regarding whether G. mahaguru and G. aspasia are different species – exacerbated by the fact that Ménétriès's 1859 description of G. aspasia received widespread recognition while Gistel's earlier 1857 description of G. mahaguru was unknown to his contemporaries – they have since been determined to be different species.[1]

Here labeled as G. aspasia on Scabiosa japonica

See also

References

  1. Nekrutenko, Yuri P. (1970). "Comments on Forms of Gonepteryx aspasia (Pieridae) Described by Shu-iti Murayama". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 24 (3): 213–217. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127736#page/229. Retrieved Jul 26, 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1312646 entry