Aporia (butterfly)

Aporia
Aporia crataegi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Aporia
Hübner, 1819
Synonyms
  • Leuconea Donzel, 1837
  • Metaporia Butler, 1870
Aporia in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World

Aporia, the black-veined whites or blackveins, is a genus of pierid butterflies found in the Palearctic region.[1]

  1. ^ Brower, Andrew V. Z. "Aporia Hübner 1819". The Tree of Life Web Project. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2010.