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(Redirected from Calopieris eulimene) Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Calopieris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Teracolini
Genus: Calopieris
Aurivillius, 1898
Species: C. eulimene
Binomial name
Calopieris eulimene
(Klug, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Pontia eulimene Klug, 1829

Calopieris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It consists of only one species, Calopieris eulimene, which is found in Egypt (Gebel Elba Protected Area), Chad, Sudan, the Red Sea coast, western Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

References

  1. Calopieris, funet.fi
  2. El-Gabbas, Ahmed; Gilbert, Francis (2016). "The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Zoology in the Middle East. 62 (3): 279–281. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1202984. ISSN 0939-7140.
  3. Larsen, Torben (2001). Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours. Stacey International. ISBN 978-0905743363.
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  5. Larsen, Torben (1982). The butterflies of the Yemen Arab Republic. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 9788773041260.
Taxon identifiers
Calopieris eulimene


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