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Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Piercolias
Piercolias huanaco
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Piercolias
Grote, 1903
Species

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Synonyms
  • Trifurcula Staudinger, 1894 (preocc. Trifurcula Stainton, 1846, Trifurcula Zeller, 1848)
  • Andina Staudinger, 1895
  • Andina Röber,

Piercolias is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The name Piercolias was introduced by Augustus Radcliffe Grote as a replacement for Trifurcula Staudinger, 1894, which is invalid under the Principle of Homonymy.

Species

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Piercolias Grote, 1903". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
  2. "Piercolias". tolweb.org. Retrieved 2016-12-11.
Taxon identifiers
Piercolias


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