Cepora

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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: Aporiina
Genus: Cepora
Species: C. aspasia – C. boisduvaliana – C. celebensis – C. eperia – C. eurygonia – C. fora – C. himiko – C. iudith – C. kotakii – C. perimale – C. timnatha – C. wui
Name

Cepora Billberg, 1820

Type species: Papilio coronis Cramer,
References

Abang, F. ; C.G. Treadaway & H.G. Schroeder, 2004: A contribution to the butterfly fauna of the Island of Balambangan (Malaysia, Sabah) (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Futao 47: 6–13.
Chou, I. ; Y.L. Zhang & Y.L. Wang, 2001: New species new subspecies and new record of butterflies (Lepidoptera) in China III. Entomotaxonomia 23 (1): 39–46. Full article: [1].
Ding, C.P., Shang, S.Q. & Zhang, Y.L., 2011: Taxonomy of the Butterfly Genus: Cepora (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from China. Entomotaxonomia, 33(1): 32–40. Reference page.
Hanafusa, H. 1989. A new species and four new subspecies of Indonesian butterflies (Pieridae, Papilionidae, Nymphalidae). Futao 2: 3–9. Reference page.
Hanafusa, H. 1994: A list of butterflies from Mentawai Islands, Indonesia (4). Fuatao 16: 10–11.
Hanafusa, H., 1999: Two new subspecies of Cepora iudith (Fabricius, 1787) from Belitung Is. and Anambas Islands, Indonesia (Lepidoptera : Pieridae). Futao 31: 4–5.
Iwasaki, H. & O. Yata, 2005: A provisional checklist of the genus Cepora (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from the Sulawesi Region, with descriptions of two new subspecies from Buton Island. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 56(4): 303–310. Abstract and full article: [2].
Schröder, H.G. 1977. Zur Lepidopterenfauna der Inseln Sibuyan und Marinduque, Philippinen. Entomologische Zeitschrift 87(20): 221-230. Reference page.
Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea

Vernacular names
中文: 園粉蝶屬

Cepora is a genus of butterflies, commonly called gulls, in the family Pieridae. The genus contains about 20 species shared between the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Cepora abnormis (Wallace, 1867) – Papuan gull
Cepora aspasia (Stoll, [1790])
Cepora bathseba (Snellen, 1902)
Cepora boisduvaliana (C & R Felder, 1862)
Cepora celebensis (Rothschild, 1892)
Cepora eperia (Boisduval, 1836) – Sulawesi gull
Cepora eurygonia (Hopffer, 1874)
Cepora fora (Fruhstorfer, 1897)
Cepora himiko Hanafusa, 1994
Cepora judith (Fabricius, 1787) – orange gull
Cepora julia (Doherty, 1891)
Cepora kotakii Hanafusa, 1989
Cepora laeta (Hewitson, 1862) – Timor gull
Cepora licea (Fabricius, 1787) – Nias gull
Cepora nadina (Lucas, 1852) – lesser gull
Cepora nerissa (Fabricius, 1775) – common gull
Cepora pactolicus (Butler, 1865)
Cepora perimale (Donovan, 1805) – caper gull, Australian gull
Cepora temena (Hewitson, 1861)
Cepora timnatha (Hewitson, 1862)
Cepora wui Chou, Zhang & Wang, 2001

References

Cepora, funet.fi

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