Nepheronia

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Nepheroniini
Genus: Nepheronia
Species: N. argia – N. buquetii – N. pharis – N. thalassina
Name

Nepheronia Butler, 1870

Type species: Pieris idotea Boisduval, [1836] (= Papilio argia Fabricius, 1775)
Synonyms

Leuceronia Aurivillius, 1895
Lepteronia Stoneham, 1957

References
Additional references

Wahlberg, N., Rota, J., Braby, M.F., Pierce, N.E. & Wheat, C.W. 2014. Revised systematics and higher classification of pierid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) based on molecular data. Zoologica scripta 43(6): 641–650. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12075 Paywall. Reference page.
Williams, M.C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea.

Vernacular names
中文: 乃粉蝶屬

Nepheronia, commonly called vagrants, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae endemic to Africa. For other vagrants, see the genus Eronia.
Species

Listed alphabetically:[1]

Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775) – large vagrant
Nepheronia avatar (Moore, 1858)
Nepheronia buquetii (Boisduval, 1836) – plain vagrant or Buquet's vagrant
Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836) – Cambridge vagrant or blue vagrant
?Nepheronia usambara (Aurivillius, 1907)

References

Nepheronia, funet.fi

Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.