Pyrisitia portoricensis

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: Coliadinae
Genus: Pyrisitia
Species: Pyrisitia portoricensis

Name

Pyrisitia portoricensis (Dewitz, 1877)

Synonymy

• Terias portoricensis Dewitz, 1877
• Pyrisitia portoricensis (Dewitz): Lamas, 2004: 92.
• Eurema portoricensis (Dewitz)
• Terias tenera Avinoff, 1926.
  • Type locality: Porto Rico, Guayana.
  • Holotype: CM. male ♂. III.1912. legit W.W. Worthington. Acc. no. 4609.
  • Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 92.

References

Primary references

• Avinoff, A.N. 1926: Descriptions of some new species and varieties of Rhopalocera in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of Carnegie Museum 16: 355–374. full article BHL. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.