Index lepidopterorum Indiae (Pieridae)
Hic commentarius est index papilionum familiae Pieridarum in India endemicorum. Is est pars pleni indicis lepidopterorum Indiae.
Familia Pieridae sunt papiliones parvi vel magnitudinis mediocris. Nomina Anglica ad duos colores praecipuos in alis, cum signis nigris, spectat.
Ex speciebus 1051 quae per orbem terrarum inveniuntur, 81 species in 21 generibus in India habitant.
Distinctae familiae proprietates
recensereClassificatio
recensereFamiliae Pieridis sunt quattuor subfamiliae, quarum Pierinae et Coliadinae in India inveniuntur.
- Pierinae (Anglice whites)
- Coliadinae (Anglice yellows)
- Dismorphiinae (sex genera papilionum neotropica et unum genus, Leptidea, in regione Palearctica, sed in India non inventa)
- Pseudopontiinae (una species, in Africa Occidentali tropica)
- Aporia peloria Hewitson, 1853
- Aporia leucodice (Eversman, 1843)
- Aporia nabellica (Boisduval, 1836)
- Aporia harrietae (de Nicéville, 1892)
- Aporia agathon (Gray, 1832)
- Baltia shawi (Bates, 1873)
- Baltia butleri Alphéraky, 1889
- Pieris chumbiensis de Nicéville, 1897
- Pieris kreuperi devta (de Nicéville, 1884)
- Pieris napi Linnaeus, 1767
- Pieris naganum Moore, 1884
- Pieris deota (de Nicéville, 1884)
- Pieris brassicae Linnaeus, 1758
- Pieris canidia Linnaeus, 1768
- Pieris rapae Linnaeus, 1758
- Pontia chloridice Hübner, 1803/18
- Pontia callidis kalora (Moore, 1865)
- Pontia daplidice Carolus Linnaeus, 1758
- Pioneer (Caper White), Anaphaeis aurota Fabricius, 1793
- Cepora nerissa Fabricius, 1775
- Cepora nadina Lucas, 1852
- Ixias marianne Cramer, 1779
- Ixias pyrene Linnaeus, 1764
- Delias agostina Hewitson, 1852
- Delias eucharis Drury, 1773
- Delias hyparete Linnaeus, 1758
- Delias belladonna Fabricius, 1793
- Delias sanaca (Moore,1857)
- Delias berinda (Moore,1872)
- Delias descombesi Boisduval, 1836
- Delias pasithoe Linnaeus, (?)
- Delias acalis Godart, 1819
- Prioneris thestylis Doubleday, 1842
- Prioneris sita C. Felder, 1865
- Prioneris clemanthe Doubleday, 1846
- Appias lalage (Doubleday, 1842)
- Appias indra Moore, 1857
- Appias libythea Fabricius, 1775
- Appias olferna Fabricius, 1775
- Appias lyncida Cramer, 1777
- Appias albina Felder
- Appias wardii (Moore, 1884)
- Appias nero galba (Wallace, 1867)
- Appias panda chrysea Fruhstorfer, 1903
- Leptosia nina Fabricius, 1793
- Hebomoia glaucippe Linnaeus, 1758
- Colotis amata Fabricius, 1775
- Colotis phisadia (Godart, 1819)
- Colotis vestalis (Butler, 1876)
- Colotis fausta (Olivier, 1804)
- Colotis etrida Boisduval, 1836
- Colotis eucharis Fabricius, 1775
- Colotis danae (Fabricius, 1775)
- Pareronia avatar (Moore, 1858)
- Pareronia ceylanica (C. & R. Felder, 1865)
- Pareronia valeria (Cramer, 1776)
- Catopsilia pomona Fabricius, 1775
- Catopsilia pyranthe Latreille, 1758
- Gonepteryx rhamni Latreille, 1758
- Gonepteryx mahaguru Ménétriés, 1859
- Dercas verhuelli (Hoeven, 1839)
- Dercas lycorias (DoubleDay, 1842)
- Eurema andersonii Moore
- Eurema blanda Boisduval, 1836
- Eurema brigitta Cramer, 1780
- Eurema hecabe Linnaeus, 1758
- Eurema lacteola Distant, 1886
- Eurema laeta Boisduval, 1836
- Eurema nilgiriensis
- Gandaca harina (Horsfield, 1829)
Vita
recensere- Ovum. Ova sunt longa, ampulliformia, per latera costata, plerumque alba, sed ad ultimum ad flavum vel aurantium, vel maculis rubris praedita.
- Larva. Larvae sunt cylindricae et lenes, plerumque tuberculis setosis tectae, plerumque virides, pallescentibus lineis in longitudinem praeditae.
- Chrysalis. Chrysalis est angularis, capite acuto, in longo naso aliquando producto.
Victus
recenserePlantae quibus vescuntur multo inter se variant; est autem principium generale: Pierinae plerumque Capparidaceis, flavi plerumque Leguminosis vescuntur.
Bibliographia
recensere- Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies. Ed. 2a. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gaonkar, Harish. 1996. Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka): A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gay, Thomas, Isaac Kehimkar, et J. C. Punetha. 1992. Common Butterflies of India. Mumbai: WWF-India et Oxford University Press.
- Haribal, Meena. 1994. Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Kunte, Krushnamegh. 2005. Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. 1957. Butterflies of the Indian Region. Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society.
Nexus externi
recensere- Idaho Museum of Natural History, imnh.isu.edu
- "Indian Butterflies - Pieridae", nerdybirders.com
- LepIndex, NHM, London, nhm.ac.uk
- "A modern classification of the Pieridae", science.oregonstate.edu (Butterfly Net International)