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Appias lyncida subsp. eleonora

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Institute of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China & Asian International River Center, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
  • 2. Sritana Condominium 2, 96 / 173, Huay Kaeo Rd. T. Suthep, A. Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200 Thailand
  • 3. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14 - 0434, Lima- 14, Peru
  • 4. Kunming Youning Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Kunming, 650051, China
  • 5. School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China

Description

50a. Appias lyncida eleonora (Boisduval, 1836)

Pieris eleonora Boisduval, 1836; Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid., 1: 481; TL: “Amboine” [loc. err. = Assam].

Pieris formosana Wallace, 1866; In: Wallace & Moore, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1866 (2): 356; TL: “Formosa” [Taiwan, China].

Appias vacans Butler, 1870b; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1870 (4): 490; TL: “Darjeeling” [Darjeeling, N.E. India].

Appias inornata Moore, 1878b; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1878 (3): 700; TL: Hainan.

Appias hippoides Moore, 1881b; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond., 1881 (3): 312; TL: “N.E. Bengal (Assam, Silhet, Darjiling, Nepal)” [Assam and Darjeeling, N.E. India; Sylhet, Bengladesh; Nepal].

Appias hippoides var. epicoena Swinhoe, 1890a; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond., 1889 (4): 398; TL: “Maldah, Bengal” [Malda, West Bengal, India].

Appias tsurui Matsumura, 1909; Ent. Zs., 23 (18): 87; TL: “Giren, Formosa” [Yilan, Taiwan, China].

Appias lyncida hippoides fa. lurida Fruhstorfer, 1910; In: Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 9 (48): 148; Loc: “ Indien ” [India]. [IFS]

Appias lyncida formosana f. taihokuna Nomura, 1931; Mushi, 4 (1): 12, pl. 2, f. 3; Loc: “ ḁ北Ṫ [Taihoku-shi]” [Taipei, Taiwan, China]. [IFS]

Distribution: Low altitude areas from S.W. to S.E. Yunnan, including Dehong, Lincang, Xishuangbanna, Honghe, and Wenshan prefectures.

Notes

Published as part of Hu, Shao-Ji, Inayoshi, Yutaka, Lamas, Gerardo, Zhang, Xin & Duan, Kuang, 2026, Checklist of Yunnan Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) with nomenclature and distributional notes, pp. 451-491 in Zootaxa 5763 (4) on pages 466-467, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/19192103

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5763.4.1 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Boisduval
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Appias
Species
eleonora
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Taxonomic concept label
Appias lyncida subsp. eleonora (Boisduval, 1836) sec. Hu, Inayoshi, Lamas, Zhang & Duan, 2026

References

  • Boisduval, J. B. (1836) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species General des Lepidopteres. Tome Premier. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, [xii] + 690 pp., [6] + 24 pls. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.9194
  • Butler, A. G. (1870 b) Descriptions of some new diurnal Lepidoptera, chiefly Hesperiidae. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1870 (4), 485-520. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1870.tb01881.x
  • Moore, F. (1878 b) List of Lepidopterous insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan. Proceedings of the scientific Meetings of the zoological Society of London, 1878 (3), 695-708. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1878.tb08007.x
  • Moore, F. (1881 b) Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Transactions of the entomological Society of London, 1881 (3), 305-313. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1881.tb03210.x
  • Swinhoe, C. (1890 a) On new Indian Lepidoptera, chiefly Heterocera. Proceedings of the scientific Meetings of the zoological Society of London, 1889 (4), 396-431, pls. 43 - 44. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1889.tb06782.x
  • Matsumura, S. (1909) Die Pieriden Japans. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 23 (18), 87-88.
  • Fruhstorfer, H. (1910) 2. Familie: Pieridae. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. Band 9. Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart, pp. 121-144.
  • Nomura, K. (1931) Some new aberrant forms of the Formosan butterflies. Mushi, 4 (1), 10-14, pl. 2.