Biology:Ixias

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Ixias
Ixias reinwardtii baliensis, male, Indonesia
Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Teracolini
Genus:	Ixias Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Thestias Boisduval, [1836]

Ixias is a genus of pierid butterflies ranging from the Arabian Peninsula to the Philippines , mostly in the Indomalayan realm.

Species

• Ixias flavipennis Grose-Smith, 1885
• Ixias kuehni Röber, 1891
• Ixias malumsinicum Thieme, 1897
• Ixias marianne (Cramer, 1779)
• Ixias paluensis Martin, 1914
• Ixias piepersii (Snellen, 1877)
• Ixias pyrene (Linnaeus, 1764)
• Ixias reinwardtii (van Vollenhoven, 1860)
• Ixias venilia (Godart, 1819)
• Ixias vollenhovii (Wallace, 1867)
• Ixias weelei (van Eecke, 1912)

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  White orange tip (Ixias marianne) male

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  White orange tip (Ixias marianne) female

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  Ixias pyrene

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  Ixias pyrene insignis, Taiwan

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  I. reinwardtii baliensis male, Indonesia

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  I. reinwardtii lombokiana, Lombok

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  I. flavipennis flavipennis, Sumatra

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  Ixias paluensis, Sulawesi

References

• Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545. https://books.google.com/books?id=cuPPjOMcu_4C. 

External links

• Funet
• Images representing Ixias at EOL

Wikidata ☰ Q602770 entry