Terias hapale

• Interesting Facts
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Pieridae

'The Pieridae are members of the Superfamily Papilionoidea, the true butterflies. Worldwide in distribution, most species are found in the tropics. Adults have medium to small wings that are white, yellow, or orange, with some black or red, and many have hidden ultraviolet patterns that are used in courtship . Species with more than one generation usually have distinct seasonal variation in appearance . Adults of all species visit flowers for nectar, and adults of both sexes have three pairs of walking legs . Males patrol in search of receptive mates, and females lay columnar eggs on leaves, buds, and stems. The majority of caterpillars of North American whites and sulphurs feed on legumes or crucifers (members of the Mustard family ). Typically, temperate species overwinter in the pupal or larval stage , while tropical species overwinter as adults.

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Taxonomy

Similar Species

Members of the genus Terias

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Further Reading

• Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History1881- url p. 242.
• Catalogue of Papilionidae & Pieridae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) / Charles A. Bridges. Urbana, Ill: C.A. Bridges, 1988. url p. 36, p. 59.
• Lepidoptera of the Congo: being a systematic list of the butterflies and moths collected by the American Museum of Natural History Congo Expedition: together with descriptions of some hitherto undescribed species. New York?, 1920 url p. 242.
• On a collection of butterflies. London, 1880-98 url p. 197, p. 55, p. 63, p. 66, p. 909.
• The Annals and magazine of natural history; zoology, botany, and geology being a continuation of the Annals combined with Loudon and Charlesworth's Magazine of Natural History. London, Taylor and Francis, Ltd. url p. 201, p. 201, p. 377, p. 377, p. 63, p. 63, p. 66, p. 66.
• The Entomologist. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., [1877- url , p. 104, p. 104, p. 184, p. 6.
• The Hope reports. Oxford: Printed for private circulation, 1897-1958. url p. 14.
• Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. London, The Society. url p. 32.
• Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society. 10 1898 Cape Town, : The Society. url p. 446.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2967198
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4061070

Footnotes

1. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=15&sci=Pieridae&com=Whites and Sulphurs [back]

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