Life
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Ditrysia
Papilionoidea
Pieridae
Pierinae
- Ganyra Billberg, 1820
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Ganyra Billberg, 1820; Enum. Ins. Mus. Billb.: 76, TS: Papilio amaryllis Fabricius
Ganyra (Pierini) ; [NL4A, 117]
-. See [About maps]
Giant White
Pieris josephina Godart, [1819]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (1): 158
Papilio amaryllis Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 189 (preocc. Stoll, 1782)
Ganyra josephina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Tachyris amaryllis ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 5
Ascia josephina ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 12, f. 2]
Ganyra josephina ; [NACL, #4199]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #338]
Larva on
Capparis indica,
Capparis odoratissima [BCR]
Ganyra josephina josephina ; [NL4A, #338a]
S.Texas, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
Pieris josepha Salvin & Godman, 1868; Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 2: 150, TL: Guatemala; Mexico, Oaxaca
Pieris amaryllis josepha f. gervasia Fruhstorfer, 1907; , TL: Mexico
Pieris amaryllis protasia Fruhstorfer, 1907; , TL: Honduras,Nicaragua
Ganyra josephina josepha, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Ganyra josephina josepha, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Pieris josepha ; Godman & Salvin, [1889], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 135; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 725
Ascia josephina josepha ; [BCR, 99]
Ganyra josephina josepha ; [NACL, #4199a]; [NL4A, #338c]
Puerto Rico
josephina krugii (Dewitz, 1877) (Pieris); , TL: Puerto Rico
Ganyra josephina krugii ; [NL4A, #338d]
Cuba
josephina menciae (Ramsden, [1914]) (Pieris); , TL: Cuba
Ganyra josephina menciae ; [NL4A, #338e]
Venezuela
josephina janeta (Dixey, 1915) (Pieris); , TL: [Venezuela]
Ganyra josephina janeta ; [NL4A, #338b]
Jamaica
Ascia (Ganyra) josephina paramaryllis Comstock, 1943; Am. Mus. Novit. no. 1229: 6 (repl. name), TL: [Jamaica]
Papilio amaryllis Fabricius, 1793; (preocc. Stoll, 1782), TL: "India"
Ascia paramaryllis ; [EBW]
Ascia josephina paramaryllis ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 31, pl. 48, f. 4-5
Ganyra josephina paramaryllis ; [NL4A, #338f]
-. See [About maps]
Pieris phaloe Godart, 1819; , TL: Brazil
Ganyra phaloe ; [NL4A, #339]
Venezuela, Brazil(Pará, Mato Grosso, Rondônia)
Pieris buniae artaxata Fruhstorfer, 1910; , TL: Venezuela
Pieris buniae gerosa Fruhstorfer, 1910; , TL: Brazil(Pará)
Pieris buniae gargara Fruhstorfer, 1910; , TL: Brazil(Mato Grosso)
Pieris buniae mattogrossensis Ribeiro, 1931; , TL: Brazil(Rondônia)
Ganyra phaloe phaloe ; [NL4A, #339a]
Brazil(Pernambuco, Pará, Espírito Santo)
phaloe endeis (Godart, 1819) (Pieris); , TL: Brazil
Catophaga buniae Hübner, [1825]
Pieris ausia Boisduval, 1836; , TL: Brazil(Pernambuco)
Pieris buniae buniae f. digentia Fruhstorfer, 1908; , TL: Brazil(Pará)
Pieris ausia f. rusella Fruhstorfer, 1908; , TL: Brazil(Espírito Santo)
Ascia buniae ; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 48, f. 16]
Ganyra buniae ;
Ganyra phaloe endeis ; [NL4A, #339d]
Colombia
phaloe diana (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Pieris); , TL: Colombia
Ganyra phaloe diana ; [NL4A, #339c]
Venezuela
phaloe sevata (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Pieris); Wien. ent. Monats. 5 (3): 81, TL: Venezuela
Ascia sevata ; [BOW: pl. 48, f. 17 (text only)]
Ganyra phaloe sevata ; [NL4A, #339h]
Ecuador
phaloe imperator (Kirby, 1881) (Pieris); , TL: [Ecuador], "river banks, Copataza"
phaloe imperator (Kirby, 1881) (Pieris); , TL: Ecuador
Ganyra phaloe imperator ; [EcuL]; [NL4A, #339e]
Ecuador
Pieris sincera Weymer, 1890; , TL: Guayaquil; Rio Daule (Ecuador)
Ascia sincera ; [BOW: pl. 48, f. 21]; [EcuL, (= Ascia buniae?)]
Ganyra phaloe sincera ; [NL4A, #339i]
Peru, Bolivia
phaloe sublineata (Schaus, 1902) (Pieris); , TL: Peru
Pieris sevata timotina Fruhstorfer, 1907; , TL: Peru
Pieris buneae[sic] sabella Fruhstorfer, 1908; , TL: [Peru]
Pieris buniae pharetia Fruhstorfer, 1907; , TL: Peru
Pieris buniae masinissa Fruhstorfer, 1910; , TL: Bolivia
Ganyra phaloe sublineata ; [NL4A, #339j]
Bolivia
phaloe amphissa (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Pieris); , TL: Bolivia
Pieris buniae f. albapex Hayward, 1939; , TL: Bolivia
Ganyra phaloe amphissa ; [NL4A, #339b]
Guatemala
phaloe tiburtia (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Pieris); , TL: Guatemala
Ganyra phaloe tiburtia, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Ganyra phaloe tiburtia, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Ascia sevata tiburtia ; Winhard, 2000, Butterflies of the world, 10: 31, pl. 48, f. 3
Ganyra phaloe tiburtia ; [NL4A, #339k]
Costa Rica
phaloe limona (Schaus, 1913) (Pieris); , TL: Costa Rica
Ascia buniae limona ;
Ascia limona ; [BCR, 99]
Ganyra phaloe limona ; [NL4A, #339g]
Trinidad
phaloe lamonti (Kaye, 1919) (Pieris); , TL: Trinidad
Ganyra phaloe lamonti ; [NL4A, #339f]
Peru
Ganyra phaloe ssp. ; Lamas, MS, [NL4A, #339l]
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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
- [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
- [ILMB]
- Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies
- [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.
- Some related literature:
- 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
- C. & R. Felder, 1861
- Lepidoptera nova Columbiae
Wien. ent. Monats. 5
(3): 72-87,
(4): 97-111
- Salvin & Godman, 1868
- On some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera from South America
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 2: 141-152
- Godman & Salvin, [1889]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
- Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901)
Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop.
2: 1-782,
3: pl. 1-112
- Winhard, 2000
- Pieridae I
Butterflies of the world, 10: (1) 40pp, (2) 48pls
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