Pontia helice

Pontia helice

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Pierini
Subtribus: Pierina
Genus: Pontia
Species:Pontia helice

Name

Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764)

Type locality: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope ("Cap. b. Spei", i.e. Caput bona[e] spei)

Typus: legit Rijk Tulbagh ("Tulbagh")

Synonymy

• Papilio helice Linnaeus, 1764: 243 (Original combination)
• Papilio hellica Linnaeus, 1767: 760 (Unjustified subsequent emendation); e.g. see Trimen, 1862
• Pontia helice (Linnaeus, 1764). Swanepoel, 1953, etc.

Heterotypic

• Papilio raphani Esper, 1783: 123, f. 3-4.

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1764. Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. In quo Animalia Rariora Imprimis & Exotica: Insecta & Conchilia describuntur & determinantur. [viii], 1–720 + [2] pp. Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 
• Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio duodecima, reformata. Tomus 1 (Regnum Animale), Pars 2: 533–1327. Holmiæ [Stockholm]. Impensis Direct Laurentii Salvii. Biblioteca Digital BHL Reference page. 

Links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20241208102509/https://metamorphosis.org.za/articlesPDF/1059/138%20Genus%20Pontia%20Fabricius%20rev%20DAE.pdf

• Linnaeus, C. 1764. Museum S:ae R:ae M:tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque &c. &c. &c. In quo Animalia Rariora Imprimis & Exotica: Insecta & Conchilia describuntur & determinantur. [viii], 1–720 + [2] pp. Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. 

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