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Mathania (butterfly)

Mathania is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was described by Oberthür in 1890.

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Mathania
Mathania leucothea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Mathania
Oberthür, 1890

Mathania is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was described by Oberthür in 1890.12

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Hesperocharis C. Felder, 1862.3

Species

  • Mathania agasicles (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Mathania aureomaculata (Dognin, 1888)
  • Mathania carrizoi Giacomelli, 1914
  • Mathania leucothea (Molina, 1782)
References

References

  1. Savela, Markku (April 16, 2016). "Mathania Oberthür, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mathania Oberthür, 1890". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Mathania​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 26, 2020.