Biology:Zegris (butterfly)

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Zegris
Zegris fausti.JPG
Zegris fausti
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Zegris
Boisduval, 1836
Synonyms
  • Microzegris Alphéraky, 1913

Zegris is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. This genus was erected[clarification needed] by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It 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.[1][2][3]

Species

  • Zegris eupheme (Esper, 1804)
  • Zegris fausti Christoph, 1877 Turkestan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan
  • Zegris pyrothoe (Eversmann, 1832) southwestern Siberia, Turan, Kazakhstan, western China
  • Zegris zhungelensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang
  • Zegris meridionalis Lederer, 1852 central and southern Spain

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1757546 entry