Appias (Catophaga) nero described in Papilio
Orange Albatross
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
A widespread, geographically variable species ranging from the Malay Peninsula to southern Sulawesi and the Philippines (Yata et al. 2010)Geographical races/subspecies
Yata et al. (2010) list the following subspecies:- nero nero (Fabricius, 1793) Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Jav, Bali
- = Pieris thyria Godart, 1819
- = Pieris figulina Butler, 1867
- nero acuminata (Snellen, 1890) Indonesia (Tanahjampea)
- nero baweanicus (Fruhstorfer, 1905) Indonesia (Bawean)
- nero chelidon (Fruhsorfer, 1905) Borneo
- nero corazonae Schröder & Treadaway, 1989 Philippines (Sulu Archipelago)
- domitia (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippines, Taiwan
- = Pieris asterope C. & R. Felder, 1862
- = Appias korridona Grose-Smith, 1894
- = Appias nero yamazakii Sonan, 1936
- nero flavius Grose-Smith, 1892 Philippines: Turtle Is.
- nero fleminius Fruhstorfer, 1911 Philippines (Mindoro)
- nero neronis (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Indonesia (Kangean)
- nero palawanica (Staudinger, 1889) Philippines (Balabac, Palawan)
- nero pulonis (Fruhstorfer, 1906) Indonesia (Batu)
- nero ramosa (Fruhstorfer, 1898) Indonesia (Nias)
- nero soranus Fruhstorfer, 1910 Philippines (Cebu, Negros)
- nero tibericus Fruhstorfer, 1910 Philippines (Basilan)
- nero zamboanga (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippines
- = Appias mindanensis Butler, 1863
- = Appias nero boholensis Okano & Okano, 1989
- (unnamed subspecies nr. zamboanga Indonesia: Kep. Talaud
Infrasubspecific/unavailable names associated with this species:
coelitus Fruhstorfer, 1899; helvola Fruhstorfer, 1910; sufflava Fruhstorfer, 1910
References
Yata, O., J. E. Chainey and R. I. Vane-Wright. 2010. The golden and Mariana albatrosses, new species of pierid butterflies, with a review of the subgenus Appias (Catophaga) (Lepidoptera). Systematic Entomology 35: 764-800.
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