Taxonomic review of the Pieris dubernardi-group, with description of a new subspecies from Northern Sichuan, China (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Teruo Tadokoro; Toshio Inomata; Wang Min

doi:10.18984/lepid.67.3-4_99

Taxonomic review of the Pieris dubernardi-group, with description of a new subspecies from Northern Sichuan, China (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Teruo Tadokoro, Toshio Inomata, Wang Min

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Keywords: Pieris chumbiensis, Pieris dubernardi, Pieris dubernardi lixianensis ssp. nov., Pieris gyantsensis, Sinopieris wangi, Synchole kozlovi, systematics, taxonomy, the Himalayas, Tibet

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2016 Volume 67 Issue 3-4 Pages 99-114

DOI https://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.67.3-4_99

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Abstract

Morphological characteristics of the butterflies belonging to the Pieris dubernardi-group are examined based on the original descriptions, photographs of the type specimens, and newly obtained butterfly specimens. As a result of the examinations and subsequent discussions, taxonomic statuses of the butterflies are confirmed, and a new subspecies of Pieris dubernardi Oberthür, 1884 from Northern Sichuan is described and illustrated. A distribution map of the group is also given.

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