Pseudopontia zambezi

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: Pseudopontiinae
Genus: Pseudopontia
Species: Pseudopontia zambezi

Name

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Pseudopontia zambezi K.T. Mitter & W. de Prins, 2011

Type locality: Zambia, Northwest Province, Mwinilunga district, Ikelenge, Isombu Stream, 11.11ºS, 24.267ºE, 1260 m.

Holotype: ABRI. male ♂. 2.X.1973. A. Heath.

References

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  • Mitter, K.T. ; T.B. Larsen ; W. de Prins ; J. de Prins , S. Collins ; G. Vande Weghe ; S. Sáfián ; E.V. Zakharov , D.J. Hawthorne ; A.Y. Kawahara & J.C. Regier, 2011: The butterfly subfamily Pseudopontiinae is not monobasic: marked genetic diversity and morphology reveal three new species of Pseudopontia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Systematic Entomology 36 (1): 139–163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00549.x