Aporia agathon

Aporia agathon

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 agathon
Subspecies: A. a. agathon – A. a. bifurcata – A. a. lemoulti – A. a. omotoi – A. a. japfuensis – A. a. gaolingonshanensis

Name

Aporia agathon (Gray, 1831)

Synonymy

• Pieris agathon Gray, 1831
• Metaporia agathon (Gray)
• Aporia agathon sapaensis Funahashi, 2003

References

• Funahashi, A. 2003. Butterflies of Vietnam part.2. Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam. Wallace 8: 3–15.
• Tytler, H. 1939. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma. pt.1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 41(2): 235–252.
• Yoshino, K. 2003. New butterflies from China 8. Futao 43: 6–20. Reference page. 
• Yoshino, K. 2015. Notes on Aporia agathon (Gray) from N.E. India, West China and North Vietnam. Butterfly Science 2: 25–28

Vernacular names

বাংলা: গ্রেট ব্ল্যাকভেন
English: Great Blackvein