Nepheronia
Butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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| Nepheronia pharis | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Nepheroniini |
| Genus: | Nepheronia Butler, 1870 |
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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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nepheronia.
- ^ Nepheronia, funet.fi
- Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.
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