Pseudopontia paradoxa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

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Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pseudopontiinae
Genus: Pseudopontia
Species: Pseudopontia paradoxa

Name

Pseudopontia paradoxa (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1869)

Type locality: Nigeria, Calabar.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. BMNH#135705.

Synonyms

• Globiceps paradoxa C. Felder & R. Felder, 1869
• Pseudopontia calabarica Plötz, 1870
• Pseudopontia cepheus Ehrmann, 1894

References

• Mitter, K.T. ; T.B. Larsen ; W. de Prins ; J. de Prins , S. Collins ; G. Vande Weghe ; S. Sáfián ; E.V. Zakharov , D.J. Hawthorne ; A.Y. Kawahara & J.C. Regier, 2011: The butterfly subfamily Pseudopontiinae is not monobasic: marked genetic diversity and morphology reveal three new species of Pseudopontia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Systematic Entomology 36 (1): 139-163. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00549.x