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List Of Butterflies Of China (Pieridae)
This is a list of the butterflies of China belonging to the family Pieridae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full list of butterflies of China. 438 species or subspecies of Pieridae are recorded from China.Wu Chunsheng, 2010 China Checklist of Lepodoptera, In the Biodiversity Committee of Chinese Academy of Sciences ed., ''Catalogue of Life'' China: 2014 Annual Checklist, Science Press, Beijing, China Pieridae :genus: ''Anthocharis'' ::*''Anthocharis cardamines'' (Linnaeus, 1758) China :::''A. c. alexandra'' (Hemming, 1933) Tian-Shan :::''A. c. koreana'' Matsumura, 1937 Amur, Ussuri ::*''Anthocharis bieti'' (Oberthür, 1884) China, Tibet :::''A. b. tsangpoana'' (Riley, 1928) Tsangpo ::*''Anthocharis bambusarum'' Oberthür, 1876 ::*''Anthocharis scolymus'' (Butler, 1866) ::*''Anthocharis thibetana'' (Oberthür, 1886) West China :genus: ''Aporia (butterfly), Aporia'' ::*''Aporia crataegi'' (Linnaeus, 1758) :::''A. c. tianschanica'' Rühl, [1893] Tian Shan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Macrolepidoptera is a group within the insect Order (biology), order Lepidoptera. Traditionally used for the larger butterflies and moths as opposed to the "microlepidoptera", this group is artificial. However, it seems that by moving some taxa about, a monophyletic macrolepidoptera can be easily achieved. The two superfamilies Geometroidea and Noctuoidea account for roughly one-quarter of all known Lepidoptera. Taxonomy In the reformed macrolepidoptera, the following Superfamily (zoology), superfamilies are included: * Mimallonoidea – sack bearers * Lasiocampoidea – lappet moths * Bombycoidea – bombycoid moths * Noctuoidea – owlet moths * Drepanoidea – drepanids * Geometroidea – inchworms * Axioidea (Lepidoptera), Axioidea – European gold moths * Calliduloidea – Old World butterfly-moths * Hedyloidea – New World butterfly-moths (or moth-butterflies) * Papilionoidea – true butterflies The last two make up the Rhopalocera, or butterflies. More recent molec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |