Appias pandione is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by Carl Geyer in 1832. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Appias pandione
In Rhopalocera Malayana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. pandione
Binomial name
Appias pandione
(Geyer, 1832)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hiposcritia pandione Geyer, [1832]
  • Appias whiteheadi Grose-Smith, 1887
  • Catophaga lagela Moore, 1878
  • Appias lalage aornus Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Appias montanus Rothschild, 1896
  • Tachyris zamora C. & R. Felder, 1862

Subspecies edit

  • A. p. pandione (Java)
  • A. p. ozolia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Sumatra)
  • A. p. whiteheadi Grose-Smith, 1887 (northern Borneo)
  • A. p. lagela (Moore, 1878) (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaysia)
  • A. p. montanus Rothschild, 1896 (Philippines: Negros)
  • A. p. zamora (C. & R. Felder, 1862) (Philippines: Mindoro)

References edit

  1. ^ Geyer, C. in Hübner, J. [1832]Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, Vol. 4 [1826]-1832 Zuträge Samml. exot. Schmett. 4 : pl. [104-131], f. 601-764 (1826), : pl. [132-137], f. 765-800 (1827 - 1831), : [1-3], 4-6, [7], 8-48 (1832)
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

External links edit

  • Appias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms