Biology:Mathania (butterfly)

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Mathania
Mathania leucothea.jpg
Mathania leucothea
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Mathania
Oberthür, 1890

Mathania is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was described by Oberthür in 1890.[1][2]

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Hesperocharis C. Felder, 1862.[3]

Species

  • Mathania agasicles (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Mathania aureomaculata (Dognin, 1888)
  • Mathania carrizoi Giacomelli, 1914
  • Mathania leucothea (Molina, 1782)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1765890 entry