Terias floricola leonis

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: Coliadinae
Tribus: Euremini
Genus: Terias
Species: Terias floricola
Subspecies: Terias floricola leonis

Name

Terias floricola leonis (Butler, 1886)

Type locality: Sierra Leone: “Sierra Leone”.

Synonymy

• Terias leonis Butler, 1886: 222 (original combination)
• Terias floricola leonis (Butler): Zhang et al., 2021
• Eurema floricola nivea Berger, 1981
  • Type locality: [Zaire] Democratic Republic of Congo: “Lusambo”
    • Holotype: RMCA

References

Additional references

• Berger, L. A., 1981. Les Papillons du Zaire. Weissenbruch, Bruxelles, 543pp., 213 pls. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 9(3): 1-55. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: West African Grass Yellow