Biology:Zegris (genus)
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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae
Zegris | |
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Zegris fausti | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Tribe: | Anthocharini |
Genus: | Zegris Boisduval, [1836][1] |
Species | |
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Zegris is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. This genus is characterized by the very strongly clubbed antennae and the bushy palpi, but especially by the shape of the larva and pupa and the manner of pupation.
Species
- Zegris eupheme (Esper, 1804)
- Zegris fausti Christoph, 1877 Turkestan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
- Zegris pyrothoe (Eversmann, 1832) Southwest Siberia, Turan, Kazakhstan, West China
- Zegris zhungelensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
- Zegris meridionalis Lederer, 1852] Central and South Spain
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1757546 entry