Pseudopontia (Pieridae)

Pseudopontia (Pieridae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Pseudopontiinae
Genus: Pseudopontia
Species (5): P. australis – P. gola – P. mabira – P. paradoxa – P. zambezi

Name

Pseudopontia Plötz 1870

Type species: Pseudopontia calabarica Plötz, 1870

Synonyms

• Globiceps C. & R. Felder, 1869 (preocc. Globiceps LePeletier & Serville, 1825)
• Gonophlebia C. & R. Felder, 1870

References

• Castro-Gerardino, D.J. & Llorente-Bousquets, J. 2017. Comparative exploration of antennae in Pseudopontia, and antennal clubs of the tribes Leptideini and Dismorphiini (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Zootaxa 4347(3): 401–445. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.1. Reference page. 
• 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
• Plötz, 1870: Stett. ent. Ztg 31:348, pl.2, fig. a-f