''Mathania'' is a
genus
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of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the
family
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Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
. The genus was described by Oberthür in 1890.
The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
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It is based on card indices and scanned journals, nomenclatural catalogues and the '' Zoologi ...
gives this name as a synonym of ''
Hesperocharis
''Hesperocharis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.
Species
* '' Hesperocharis anguitia'' (Godart, 1819)
* '' Hesperocharis costaricensis'' H. W. Bates, 1866 – Costa Rican white
* '' Hesperochar ...
''
C. Felder, 1862.
Species
*''
Mathania agasicles''
(Hewitson, 1874)
*''
Mathania aureomaculata''
(Dognin, 1888)
*''
Mathania carrizoi''
Giacomelli, 1914
*''
Mathania leucothea''
(Molina, 1782)
References
Anthocharini
Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Charles Oberthür
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