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Gonepteryx mahaguru

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Gonepteryx mahaguru
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Gonepteryx
Species:
G. mahaguru
Binomial name
Gonepteryx mahaguru
Gistel, 1857

Gonepteryx mahaguru, the lesser brimstone, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites. It is native to the Kashmir, Uttarakhand, China, Korea, and Japan.

Relation to Gonepteryx aspasia

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Though there has historically been confusion regarding whether G. mahaguru and G. aspasia are different species – exacerbated by the fact that Ménétriès's 1859 description of G. aspasia received widespread recognition while Gistel's earlier 1857 description of G. mahaguru was unknown to his contemporaries – they have since been determined to be different species.[1]

Here labeled as G. aspasia on Scabiosa japonica

See also

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References

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  • Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
  1. ^ Nekrutenko, Yuri P. (1970). "Comments on Forms of Gonepteryx aspasia (Pieridae) Described by Shu-iti Murayama". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 24 (3): 213–217. Retrieved Jul 26, 2021.