Phrissura
| Phrissura | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Phrissura aegis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Phrissura Butler, 1870[1] |
| Species: | P. aegis |
| Binomial name | |
| Phrissura aegis | |
Phrissura is a butterfly taxon in the family Pieridae. It has often been treated as a monotypic genus containing the single species Phrissura aegis.[1] Other taxonomic treatments place Phrissura as a subgenus of Appias, listing the species as Appias (Phrissura) aegis or Appias aegis.[2][3][4]
The following subspecies are recognized:[1]
- P. a. aegis Philippines (Mindanao)
- P. a. illana (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippines (Luzon)
- P. a. cynis (Hewitson, [1866]) Peninsular Malaya
- P. a. pryeri (Distant, 1885) Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur
- P. a. caepia Fruhstorfer Philippines (Palawan)
- P. a. gerasa Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sula Island
- P. a. polisma (Hewitson, [1861]) North Sulawesi
- P. a. aegina Fruhstorfer, 1899 South Sulawesi
References
- 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Phrissura Butler, 1870". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- 1 2 Vane-Wright, R. I.; de Jong, R. (2003). "The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna" (PDF). Zoologische Verhandelingen. 343: 3–267. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
- ↑ Braby, Michael F. (24 January 2005). "Provisional checklist of genera of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Zootaxa. 832 (1): 1–16. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.832.1.1.
- ↑ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; Grishin, Nick V. (29 May 2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy". The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 9 (3): 1–54. Retrieved 27 June 2026.
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