Anthocharis bambusarum
| Anthocharis bambusarum[1] | |
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| Anthocharis bambusarum depicted in Oberthür, 1876 Ètudes d'entomologie: Lépidoptères de Chine. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Anthocharis |
| Species: | A. bambusarum
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthocharis bambusarum | |
Anthocharis bambusarum is a butterfly which has a range of mainly in China and Eastern Asia. It has no known subspecies.
Description in Seitz[edit]
"A. bambusarum from Tse-Kiang in China, is somewhat larger than Anthocharis cardamines the whole forewing above and beneath is uniformly dull orange-red; the apex of forewing less broadly dark and not black, but greenish, the black discocellular spot less distinct than in cardamines, the hindwing very similar to that of cardamines above and beneath." "extensa form. nov. [Röber] [now considered a synonym of Anthocharis bambusarum] , from China (Nangking), leads over to the next form [speciosa], being a transitional link; almost the whole forewing orange-red, hardlv one-fourth of the wing being light yellow, the orange deeper than in the other forms, but not so dark as in [most] bambusarum.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ EOL
- ^ Gerardo Lamas: Pieridae of the World (uses Bridges Catalogue parsed by Brian Pitkin as starter, revised 4 Feb 2008) -- 8,650 names, 1135 spp., 89 genera, selection on "valid species" Gerardo Lamas: Pieridae of the World
- ^ Julius Röber Pieridae, pp. 39-74, 374, pls. 17-27. In: Seitz, A. (ed.),1909 Die Groß-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 1. Band. Die palaearctischen Tagfalter. – Stuttgart, Fritz Lehmann.
External links[edit]
Media related to Anthocharis bambusarum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Anthocharis bambusarum at Wikispecies
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