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Ascia Scopoli, 1777
Ascia Scopoli, 1777; Introd. Hist. nat.: 434, TS: Papilio monuste Linnaeus
Ascia, Pieridae Holarcticae [Heiner Ziegler]
Ascia ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 30
Ascia (Pierini) ; [NL4A, 116]

Ascia monuste (Linnaeus, 1764)
S.USA, CA, SA, Antilles. See [About maps] Great Southern White
Papilio monuste Linnaeus, 1764; Mus. Lud. Ulr.: 237, TL: "Exteris terris" [?Surinam]
Ascia monuste monuste, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Ascia monuste monuste, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Ascia monuste, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Ascia monuste monuste, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Synchloë monuste ; Butler & Druce, 1874, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 362
Pieris monuste ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 132; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 725
Pontia monuste ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 5
Ascia monuste ; [NACL, #4198]; [BCR, 98]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 48, f. 17]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #336]

Larva on Lepidium virginicum, Batis maritima, Cleome spinosa [NAB]

Larva on Lipidium, Crataeva, Brassica, Cleome, Tropaeoleum [BCR]

S.USA - Surinam Cepora heliades Billberg, 1820; (repl. name), TL: "externis Terris"
= ; [NL4A, #336a]
Pontia feronia Stephens, 1828; , TL: USA,New England
= ; [NL4A, #336a]
Papilio albusta Sepp, [1851]; , TL: Surinam
= ; [NL4A, #336a]
var. crameri Holland, 1931; , TL: "China"
= ; [NL4A, #336a]
monusta ; Cramer, 1777, (missp.)
Ascia monuste monuste ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 155; [NL4A, #336a]
A. m. phileta (Fabricius, 1775)
Papilio phileta Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 471
Pieris cleomes Boisduval & Le Conte, [1830]; , TL: Georgia; Virginia; Florida
= ; [NL4A, #336e]
Ascia monuste phileta, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pontia monuste phileta ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 5
Ascia monuste phileta ; [NACL, #4198a]
cleones ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 5 (missp.?)
Ascia monuste phileta ; [NL4A, #336e]
A. m. virginia (Godart, 1819)
West Indies, St. Vincent monuste virginia (Godart, 1819) (Pieris); , TL: [St. Vincent]
Mylothris hemithea Geyer, 1832; , TL: "S. Amer."
= ; [NL4A, #336h]
Ascia monuste virginia, Lepidoptera of French Antilles [Pierre Zagatti]
Ascia monuste virginia ; [NL4A, #336h]
A. m. eubotea (Godart, 1819)
Cuba Pieris evonima Boisduval, 1836; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #336c]
Pieris vallei Boisduval, 1836; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #336c]
Pieris joppe Boisduval, 1836; , TL: Cuba
= ; [NL4A, #336c]
Ascia monuste eubotea, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Ascia monuste evonima ;
Ascia monuste eubotea ; [NL4A, #336c]
A. m. orseis (Godart, 1819)
Brazil, Argentina monuste orseis (Godart, 1819) (Pieris); , TL: Brazil
Mylothris hippomonuste Hübner, [1819]
= ; [NL4A, #336d]
Pieris phileta f. disjuncta Breyer, 1939; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #336d]
Ascia monuste orseis ; [NL4A, #336d]
A. m. suasa (Boisduval, 1836)
Peru monuste suasa (Boisduval, 1836) (Pieris); , TL: "Chile"
ab. joannisi Dufrane, 1947; , TL: Peru
= ; [NL4A, #336g]
Ascia monuste suasa ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 31, pl. 48, f. 2; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #336g]
A. m. automate (Burmeister, 1878)
Argentina monuste automate (Burmeister, 1878) (Pieris); , TL: Argentina
Pieris monuste f. marmorata Jörgensen, 1916; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #336b]
Pieris phileta automate f. pura Hayward, 1932; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #336b]
Pieris phileta automate f. obscura Hayward, 1932; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #336b]
Pieris phileta f. juri Hayward, 1932; , TL: Argentina
= ; [NL4A, #336b]
Ascia monuste automate ; [NL4A, #336b]
A. m. raza Klots, 1930
Baja California Sur Ascia monuste raza Klots, 1930; , TL: Mexico, Baja California Sur
Ascia monuste raza, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Ascia monuste raza, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Ascia monuste raza ; [NACL, #4198b]; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 30, pl. 48, f. 1; [NL4A, #336f]


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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAMONA]
Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA]
electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BCR]
DeVries, Philip J.; The Butterflies of Costa Rica; Vol. I: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae
[BOA]
Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[Bruce Walsh]
Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon
[EBW]
Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6
[EcuL]
Tommaso & Luigi Racheli, 2001; An annotated list of Ecuadorian Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae); Fragmenta entomologica 33 (2): 213-380
[Heiner Ziegler]
Switzerland / Schweiz; www.pieris.ch
[ILMB]
Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
[JLS]
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles
[LAMAS-NEO]
Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[NAB]
Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0
[NACL]
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico
[NL4A]
Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
[Opler]
Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[Pierre Zagatti]
WWW pages; Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of the French Antilles; e-mail: Pierre Zagatti


Some related literature:
Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168
Butler & Druce, 1874
List of the butterflies of Costa Rica, with descriptions of new species Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (3): 330-370
Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Syst. Ent.: 832pp
Godman & Salvin, [1889]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112
Linnaeus, 1764
Museum S'ae R'ae M'tis Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque Mus. Lud. Ulr.: vi + 720 + [2]
Scopoli, 1777
Introductio ad Historiam naturalem sisteus Genera Lapidum, Plantarum et ANimalium detecta, Characteribus -- in tribus divisa, subinde ad Leges Naturae Introd. Hist. nat.: [x], 3-506 + [34 pp.]
Winhard, 2000
Pieridae I Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls


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