Taxonavigation

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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

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Aporia gigantea Koiwaya, 1993

Type locality: China, Sichuan, Emei Shan.

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

References

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  • 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.

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