Elodina is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It is the only genus of the tribe Elodinini.[1] It contains about 30 species.

Elodina
Elodina angulipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Elodinini
Braby, 2014
Genus: Elodina
C. & R. Felder, [1865]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Parelodina Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Elodinesthes Fruhstorfer, 1914
  • Metelodina Seitz, [1927]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Wahlberg, N.; Rota, J.; Braby, M.F.; Pierce, N.E.; Wheat, C.W. (2014). "Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data". Zoologica Scripta. 43 (6): 641–650. doi:10.1111/zsc.12075.