Aporia gigantea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Aporiina
Genus: Aporia
Species: Aporia gigantea
Subspecies: A. g. cheni – A. g. gigantea

Name

Aporia gigantea Koiwaya, 1993

Type locality: China, Sichuan, Emei Shan.

Holotype: Coll. Koiwaya. male ♂. VII.1982

References

• Hsu, Yu-Feng & Wen-I Chou, 1999: Discovery of a new Pierid Butterfly, Aporia gigantea cheni Hsu and Chou (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from Taiwan. Zoological Studies 38(2): 222–227. Full article: [1]
• Koiwaya, S., 1993: Descriptions of Three New Genera, Eleven New Species and Seven New Subspecies of Butterflies from China. Studies of Chinese Butterflies 2: 43–111.

Photos

• Yutaka [2].