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Pontia Fabricius 1807

Checkered Whites

Andrew V. Z. Brower

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Pontia beckerii
Pontia daplidice
Pontia distorta
Pontia glauconome
Pontia helice
Pontia protodice
Pontia sisymbrii
Pontia occidentalis
Pontia edusa
Pontia callidice
Pontia chloridice

Containing group: Pierina

Introduction

A holarctic genus.

Other Names for Pontia Fabricius 1807

Mancipium Hübner 1806 suppressed, ICZN Op. 137
Synchloe Hübner 1818 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Mancipium Stephens 1828 invalid - junior homonym and objective junior synonym
Parapieris de Nicéville 1897 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Leucochloë Röber 1907 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Vernacular Names: Checkered Whites

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Layberry RA, Hall PW, and LaFontaine JD. 1998. The butterflies of Canada. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.

Tuzov VK, Bogdanov PV, Devyatkin AL, Kaabak LV, Korolev VA, Murzin VS, Samodurov GD, and Tarasov EA. 1997. Guide to the butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Pensoft, Sofia.

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Pontia protodice
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Copyright	© Melody Lytle

Scientific Name	Pontia edusa
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Source	Pontia edusa
Source Collection	Flickr
Image Use	This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright	© 2008 YannickC

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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First online 04 November 2006
Content changed 06 May 2009

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