Aporia acraea is a butterfly species in family Pieridae.[3] The species occurs in China,[1] where it is found in western Sichuan and northern Yunnan.[4]
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| A.a. lotis in Leech, J. H., Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1892-1893 (fig. 6). | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Aporia |
| Species: | A. acraea
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| Binomial name | |
| Aporia acraea | |
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Former subspecies
edit- Aporia acraea wolongensis (now Aporia wolongensis)[2]
- Aporia acraea koiwayai (now Aporia wolongensis koiwayai)[2]
- Aporia acraea tayiensis (now Aporia tayiensis)[2]
- Aporia acraea lotis (junior synonym of Aporia acraea)[2]
Original description
editAs Pieris acraea, Charles Oberthür in Ragonot, Émile Louis (1885). "Séance du 23 décembre 1885". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 6: CCXXVI–CCXXVII..
References
edit- ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Aporia". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Huang, Hao (July 2016). "New or little known butterflies from China - 2 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae)" (PDF). Atalanta. 47 (1–2). Deutschen Forschungszentrale für Schmetterlingswanderungen: 161–162. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Aporia acraea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ Vis, Ruud; Coene, Hans A. (2012). "Contribution to the butterfly fauna of Sichuan, China (Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)". Deinsea. 15 (1): 16. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
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