Phrissura
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae
| Phrissura | |
|---|---|
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| Phrissura aegis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Phrissura Butler, 1870[1] |
| Species: | P. aegis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phrissura aegis (C. & R. Felder, 1861) | |
Phrissura is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Phrissura aegis.
The following subspecies are recognized:
- P. a. aegis Philippines (Mindanao)
- P. a. illana (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippines (Luzon)
- P. a. cynis (Hewitson, [1866]) Peninsular Malaya
- P. a. pryeri (Distant, 1885) Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur
- P. a. caepia Fruhstorfer Philippines (Palawan)
- P. a. gerasa Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sula Island
- P. a. polisma (Hewitson, [1861]) North Sulawesi
- P. a. aegina Fruhstorfer, 1899 South Sulawesi
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Phrissura.
- ^ Phrissura, funet.fi
External links
- images representing Phrissura at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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