Description of a new subspecies of Pieris erutae Poujade, 1888 from Eastern Bhutan, with taxonomic notes on the Pieris napi group from the Himalayas (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Teruo TADOKORO; Sonam WANGCHUK; Sonam WANGDI; Karma WANGDI; Sherub; Rinchen WANGDI; Sangay DRUKUPA; Motohiro HARADA; Motoki SAITO; Toshiaki AOKI; Shuhei YAMAGUCHI; Yoshiko IGARASHI; Yasuyuki WATANABE; Masaya YAGO

doi:10.18984/lepid.68.3-4_81

Description of a new subspecies of Pieris erutae Poujade, 1888 from Eastern Bhutan, with taxonomic notes on the Pieris napi group from the Himalayas (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Teruo TADOKORO, Sonam WANGCHUK, Sonam WANGDI, Karma WANGDI, Sherub, Rinchen WANGDI, Sangay DRUKUPA, Motohiro HARADA, Motoki SAITO, Toshiaki AOKI, Shuhei YAMAGUCHI, Yoshiko IGARASHI, Yasuyuki WATANABE, Masaya YAGO

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Keywords: Androcinia, biodiversity, Pieris ajaka, Pieris erutae, Pieris erutae wangchucki, Pieris extensa bhutya, Pieris melaina, taxonomy

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2017 Volume 68 Issue 3-4 Pages 81-91

DOI https://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.68.3-4_81

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Abstract

Morphological characteristics of the Pieris napi group* from the Himalayas (P. ajaka, P. melaina, P. erutae and P. extensa bhutya) are re-examined, and Pieris erutae wangchucki ssp. nov., a new subspecies of Pieris erutae Poujade, 1888 from eastern Bhutan is described and illustrated.

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