''Pareronia phocaea'' is a species of pierine

butterfly 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 ...

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

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Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

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Subspecies

*''P. p. phocaea'' (Philippines: Mindanao) *''P. p. ariamena'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Philippines: Basilan)

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Images representing ''Pareronia phocaea''
at Encyclopedia of Life phocaea Butterflies described in 1861 Butterflies of Asia Endemic fauna of the Philippines Taxa named by Baron Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Pieridae-stub