Provisional checklist of genera of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
Author
Braby, Michael F.
text
Zootaxa
2005
832
1
16
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.170669
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170669
Pierinae
:
Colotis
group
Klots (1933)
tentatively divided the predominantly Afrotropical genus
Colotis
Hübner
into four subgenera (
Colotis
,
Teracolus
Swainson,
Madais
Swinhoe
,
Calopieris
Aurivillius
), but noted that the genitalia among the first three showed no tangible characters.
Ackery
et al
. (1995)
subsequently discarded
Teracolus
, but treated
Calopieris
(not studied by Klots) as a distinct monotypic genus (with
type
species
eulimene
Klug
).
Henning
et al
. (1997)
created a new subgenus,
Cuneacolotis
G.A. Henning & S.F. Henning & Joannou & Woodhall, for
Colotis agoye
(Wallengren)
but, since the authors noted that the taxon shares characters between
Colotis
and
Teracolus
, its status is highly questionable and it should be discarded.
Stoneham (1957)
divided the Afrotropical genera
Eronia
Hübner
and
Nepheronia
Butler
and proposed two new monotypic genera:
Afrodryas
Stoneham (with
type
species
leda
Boisduval
) and
Lepteronia
Stoneham
(with
type
species
pharis
Boisduval
). These proposals have not been accepted by recent authorities (e.g.
Larsen 1991
;
Ackery
et al.
1995
).