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The pantropical genus
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D224FF91D349F968FD90F88D" box="[547,639,1773,1798]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Eurema</emphasis>
Hübner
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has been extensively revised in the Old World (
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), and only two subgenera are now recognised:
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D224FF91D2ACF890FBCDF8A5" box="[966,1058,1813,1838]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Eurema</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D224FF91D535F890FB4AF8A5" box="[1119,1189,1813,1838]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Terias</emphasis>
Swainson.
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treated
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D224FF91D095F8B8FD8EF8DD" box="[511,609,1853,1878]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Nirmula</emphasis>
Moore
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(with
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species
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Moore) and
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D224FF91D5EDF8B8FB3DF8DD" box="[1159,1234,1853,1878]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="7">Maiva</emphasis>
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Grose­ Smith &amp; Kirby (with
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species
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D3F5FE99FCD8FEBD" authority="Stoll" authorityName="Stoll" box="[671,823,284,310]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Eurema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brigitta">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3F5FE99FD18FEBE" box="[671,759,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">brigitta</emphasis>
Stoll
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) as subgenera of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D56DFE99FB8CFEBE" box="[1031,1123,284,309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
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, but
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considered them to be synonyms of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3ABFEC1FC78FED6" box="[705,919,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema (Eurema)</emphasis>
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based on similarities of the male and female genitalia.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D37BFEE9FD48FE0D" author="Field" box="[529,679,364,390]" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Field, W. D. (1950) A revision of Eurema Hubner subgenus Teriocolias Rober. Acta Zoologica Lilloana, 9, 359 - 374." type="journal article" year="1950">Field (1950)</bibRefCitation>
revised
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D27EFEE9FC78FE0E" box="[788,919,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Teriocolias</emphasis>
Röber
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from the New World and treated it as a monobasic subgenus (with
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species
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D2C0FE11FBDAFE25" authority="Lucas" authorityName="Lucas" box="[938,1077,404,430]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Teriocolias" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="zelia">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2C0FE11FC0EFE26" box="[938,993,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">zelia</emphasis>
Lucas
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) of
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D507FE11FB26FE26" box="[1133,1225,404,429]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Eurema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D507FE11FB26FE26" box="[1133,1225,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D5B7FE11FEB6FE5D" author="Lamas" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Lamas, G. (2005) Pieridae. In: Lamas, G. (Ed), Checklist: Part 4 A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. In: Heppner, J. B. (Ed), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 5 A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera / Scientific Publishers, Gainesville (in press)." type="book" year="2005">Lamas (2005)</bibRefCitation>
, however, provisionally treated
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3A5FE39FCBFFE5E" box="[719,848,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Teriocolias</emphasis>
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, together with the two other New World subgenera of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D0C2FE61FDEBFE76" box="[424,516,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D379FE61FD8CFE76" box="[531,611,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Abaeis</emphasis>
Hübner
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and
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D394FE61FC59FE75" authority="Butler" authorityName="Butler" box="[766,950,484,510]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Pyrisitia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D394FE61FC8CFE76" box="[766,867,484,509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Pyrisitia</emphasis>
Butler
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, as distinct genera pending further investigation of their monophyly. Lamas classification is tentatively followed here, although it should be noted that a recent cladistic analysis of molecular characters provided strong evidence that
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D338FDD9FD41FDFE" box="[594,686,604,629]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Eurema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D338FDD9FD41FDFE" box="[594,686,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
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is paraphyletic, with the
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D28DFDD9FBACFDFE" box="[999,1091,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
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clade (i.e.
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5A5FDD9FE8BFD16" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema (Terias)</emphasis>
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+
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D0E9FD01FDBAFD16" box="[387,597,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema (Eurema)</emphasis>
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) including the genus
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D23EFD01FC54FD16" box="[852,955,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Leucidia</emphasis>
Doubleday
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, as well as
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5A2FD01FEDDFD4E" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Terioco ­ lias</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D01AFD29FE3AFD4E" box="[368,469,684,709]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Pyrisitia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D01AFD29FE3AFD4E" box="[368,469,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Pyrisitia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Braby
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D350FD29FD9FFD4E" box="[570,624,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
., unpublished data). Although
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D28FFD29FBDAFD4E" box="[997,1077,684,709]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Abaeis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D28FFD29FBDAFD4E" box="[997,1077,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Abaeis</emphasis>
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was not included in that study, it is clear that the status of other taxa currently or formerly included in
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D5A5FD51FAC4FD66" box="[1231,1323,724,749]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Eurema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5A5FD51FAC4FD66" box="[1231,1323,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
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will need to be revised. Two possible solutions are either to raise the Old World subgenus
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D062FCA1FEA2FCB6" box="[264,333,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Terias</emphasis>
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to generic status, or to treat
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3C2FCA1FCE2FCB6" box="[680,781,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Pyrisitia</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D277FCA1FC71FCB6" box="[797,926,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Teriocolias</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2B6FCA1FBACFCB6" box="[988,1091,804,829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Leucidia</emphasis>
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all as subgenera of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D062FCC9FE8CFCEE" box="[264,355,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Historically,
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regarded
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D23CFCC9FC54FCEE" box="[854,955,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Pyrisitia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D29CFCC9FB96FCEE" box="[1014,1145,844,869]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Teriocolias</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as subordinate taxa of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D00FFCF1FE2EFC06" box="[357,449,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but stated that “the relationships of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2E9FCF1FC05FC06" box="[899,1002,884,909]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Leucidia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are rather hard to trace. It may be an offshoot from the ancestral stem of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D240FC19FC69FC3E" box="[810,902,924,949]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, to some species of which the genitalia are very similar.” implying that
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3DEFC41FCF5FC56" box="[692,794,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Leucidia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
may be the sister taxon to
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D538FC41FB41FC56" box="[1106,1198,964,989]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The analysis of Braby
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D0DCFC69FE02FB8E" box="[438,493,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
. (unpublished data) shows that
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D219FC69FC35FB8E" box="[883,986,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Leucidia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belongs within the
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5A5FC69FAC4FB8E" box="[1231,1323,1004,1029]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Eurema</emphasis>
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group, being most closely related to New World species of
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2D7FB91FB77FBA6" box="[957,1176,1044,1069]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D2D7FB91FB7BFBA6" box="[957,1172,1044,1069]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Eurema" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Eurema (Eurema)</taxonomicName>
.
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D052FBB9FE3EFBDD" author="Klots" box="[312,465,1084,1110]" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Klots, A. B. (1933) A generic classification of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera) together with a study of the male genitalia. Entomologica america, 12, 139 - 242." type="journal article" year="1933">Klots (1933)</bibRefCitation>
proposed three subgenera within the predominantly Neotropical genus
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D062FBE1FE89FBF6" box="[264,358,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Phoebis</emphasis>
Hübner
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D0B6FBE1FDD5FBF6" box="[476,570,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Phoebis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D321FBE1FD08FBF6" box="[587,743,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Rhabdodryas</emphasis>
Godman &amp; Salvin
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,
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2B7FBE1FBAAFBF6" box="[989,1093,1124,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Aphrissa</emphasis>
Butler
</taxonomicName>
) but treated
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D062FB09FE96FB2E" box="[264,377,1164,1189]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Prestonia</emphasis>
Schaus
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as a synonym of it.
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did not recognise any subgenera in his comprehensive checklist of the Neotropical
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, treating
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D283FB31FB6AFB46" box="[1001,1157,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Rhabdodryas</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5A8FB31FAC5FB46" box="[1218,1322,1204,1229]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Aphrissa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well as
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D0E8FB59FE1CFB7E" box="[386,499,1244,1269]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Prestonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as distinct genera, although emphasised that his taxonomic elevations were partly a matter of convenience until more phylogenetic information becomes available. The status of these four taxa will almost certainly be revised in future.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D5F8FAA9FAC7FACD" author="Klots" box="[1170,1320,1324,1350]" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Klots, A. B. (1933) A generic classification of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera) together with a study of the male genitalia. Entomologica america, 12, 139 - 242." type="journal article" year="1933">Klots (1933)</bibRefCitation>
noted that his subgenera were somewhat heterogenous and that
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D57AFAD1FB81FAE6" box="[1040,1134,1364,1389]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Phoebis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D57AFAD1FB81FAE6" box="[1040,1134,1364,1389]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Phoebis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
showed greater intraspecific differences in genitalia and other characters compared to differences observed between other genera. A recent molecular cladistic analysis (Braby
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5E5FA21FB2DFA36" box="[1167,1218,1444,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
., unpublished data) showed that
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D352FA49FD78FA6E" box="[568,663,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Phoebis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3BCFA49FCD1FA6E" box="[726,830,1484,1509]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Aphrissa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
comprise sister taxa in a well­supported monophyletic group, although that study did not include
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2F4FA71FBD5F986" box="[926,1082,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Rhabdodryas</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D50AFA71FB3EF986" box="[1120,1233,1524,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Prestonia</emphasis>
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in their analysis.
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D052F9C1FE21F9D5" author="Klots" box="[312,462,1604,1630]" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Klots, A. B. (1933) A generic classification of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera) together with a study of the male genitalia. Entomologica america, 12, 139 - 242." type="journal article" year="1933">Klots (1933)</bibRefCitation>
placed three species of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D387F9C1FCD5F9D6" box="[749,826,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Colias</emphasis>
Fabricius
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in the subgenus
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D510F9C1FB25F9D6" box="[1146,1226,1604,1629]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Zerene</emphasis>
Hübner
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(with
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species
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D09FF9E9FDB2F90E" box="[501,605,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">caesonia</emphasis>
Stoll). The male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2B3F9E9FBC6F90E" box="[985,1065,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Zerene</emphasis>
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, illustrated by
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, differ fundamentally from
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D3CEF911FD1FF926" box="[676,752,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Colias</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and several authors (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D541F911FB2DF925" author="Berger" box="[1067,1218,1684,1710]" pageId="7" pageNumber="14" refString="Berger, L. A. (1986) Systematique du genre Colias F. Lepidoptera-Pieridae. Lambillionea, 86, 1 - 68 (suppl.)." type="journal article" year="1986">Berger 1986</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D5A5F911FEA9F95D" author="Cheong" pageId="7" pageNumber="14" refString="Cheong, S. W. (1990) Comparative morphology and phylogeny on the female internal genitalia of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera). Ph. D Thesis, Department of Biology, Kyungpook National University, Taegu, Korea, 80 pp." type="book" year="1990">Cheong 1990</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D039F939FE31F95D" author="Ferris" box="[339,478,1724,1750]" pageId="7" pageNumber="15" refString="Ferris, C. D. (1993) Reassessment of the Colias alexandra group, the legume-feeding species, and preliminary cladistic analysis of the North American Colias (Pieridae: Coliadinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, No. 138, 1 - 85." type="book chapter" year="1993">Ferris 1993</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D081F939FD22F95D" author="Pollock" box="[491,717,1724,1750]" pageId="7" pageNumber="16" refString="Pollock, D. D., Watt, W. B., Rashbrook, V. K. &amp; Iyengar, E. V. (1998) Molecular phylogeny for Colias butterflies and their relatives (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 91, 524 - 531." type="journal article" year="1998">
Pollock
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D327F939FD66F95E" box="[589,649,1724,1749]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al.</emphasis>
1998
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) have advocated full generic status. The molecular phylogenetic analysis of 10 Holarctic species by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D22CF961FBD7F975" box="[838,1080,1764,1790]" pageId="7" pageNumber="16" refString="Pollock, D. D., Watt, W. B., Rashbrook, V. K. &amp; Iyengar, E. V. (1998) Molecular phylogeny for Colias butterflies and their relatives (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 91, 524 - 531." type="journal article">
Pollock
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D2C2F961FC34F976" box="[936,987,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al</emphasis>
. (1998)
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revealed that
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D5B4F961FAC5F976" box="[1246,1322,1764,1789]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Colias</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF90D057F889FE62F8AE" box="[317,397,1804,1829]" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Zerene" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF90D057F889FE62F8AE" box="[317,397,1804,1829]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Zerene</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were sister taxa and formed a well­supported monophyletic group.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D5ACF889FEB6F8C5" author="Petersen" pageId="7" pageNumber="16" refString="Petersen, B. (1963) The male genitalia of some Colias species. The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 1, 135 - 156." type="journal article" year="1963">Petersen (1963)</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D225FF90D00EF8B1FDE7F8C5" author="Berger" box="[356,520,1844,1870]" pageId="7" pageNumber="14" refString="Berger, L. A. (1986) Systematique du genre Colias F. Lepidoptera-Pieridae. Lambillionea, 86, 1 - 68 (suppl.)." type="journal article" year="1986">Berger (1986)</bibRefCitation>
and
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revised the higher­level classification of
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D225FF9FD5B4F8B1FE71FEBE" italics="true" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">
<taxonomicName id="4C28FD87D225FF9FD5B4F8B1FEA6FEBE" class="Insecta" family="Pieridae" genus="Colias" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="8" lastPageNumber="9" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="8" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sensu">
Colias
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</taxonomicName>
stricto
</emphasis>
.
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divided the genus into eight subgenera, five of which were newly described. The subgenera are distinguished by few morphological characters, each showing rather minor differences, and the validity of some of these taxa has been seriously questioned (Yamauchi
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., unpublished data; G. Lamas, pers. comm. 2004). For instance,
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D22AFF9FD010FE39FDDFFE5D" author="Shapiro" box="[378,560,444,470]" pageId="8" pageNumber="16" refString="Shapiro, A. M. (1993) The proposed Magellanic type-locality of Colias imperialis Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Acta Entomologica Chilena, 18, 77 - 82." type="journal article" year="1993">Shapiro (1993)</bibRefCitation>
,
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and Yamauchi
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. (unpublished data) did not recognise subgenus
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Petersen, and
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D22AFF9FD242FE61FBF4FE75" box="[808,1051,484,510]" pageId="8" pageNumber="16" refString="Pollock, D. D., Watt, W. B., Rashbrook, V. K. &amp; Iyengar, E. V. (1998) Molecular phylogeny for Colias butterflies and their relatives (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 91, 524 - 531." type="journal article">
Pollock
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. (1998)
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concluded that
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Berger would be better subsumed under
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D22AFF9FD277FD89FC78FDAE" box="[797,919,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eriocolias</emphasis>
E.
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. Watson. The subgenus
<emphasis id="B95C5A16D22AFF9FD586FD89FEA1FDC6" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Eriocolias</emphasis>
, however, was not recognised by either
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D22AFF9FD252FDB1FC3FFDC5" author="Klots" box="[824,976,564,590]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" refString="Klots, A. B. (1933) A generic classification of the Pieridae (Lepidoptera) together with a study of the male genitalia. Entomologica america, 12, 139 - 242." type="journal article" year="1933">Klots (1933)</bibRefCitation>
or
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. Six of the subgenera, besides
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D22AFF9FD081FDD9FD70FDFE" box="[491,671,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Colias (Colias)</emphasis>
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, are listed tentatively until further study.
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introduced
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Hemming
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as a subgenus of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D22AFF9FD55DFD01FB68FD16" box="[1079,1159,644,669]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Anteos</emphasis>
Hübner
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(with
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species
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D22AFF9FD0CBFD29FDEAFD4E" box="[417,517,684,709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">menippe</emphasis>
Hübner
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), but this was not accepted by
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D22AFF9FD2B1FD29FB6FFD4D" author="Lamas" box="[987,1152,684,710]" pageId="8" pageNumber="15" refString="Lamas, G. (2005) Pieridae. In: Lamas, G. (Ed), Checklist: Part 4 A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. In: Heppner, J. B. (Ed), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 5 A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera / Scientific Publishers, Gainesville (in press)." type="book" year="2005">Lamas (2005)</bibRefCitation>
on nomenclatural grounds.
<bibRefCitation id="EFB9FBF5D22AFF9FD0D7FD51FCEAFD65" author="Yamauchi" box="[445,773,724,750]" pageId="8" pageNumber="16" refString="Yamauchi, T. &amp; Yata, O. (2000) Systematics and biogeography of the genus Gandaca Moore (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Entomological Science, 3, 331 - 343." type="journal article" year="2000">Yamauchi and Yata (2000)</bibRefCitation>
revised the systematics of
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<emphasis id="B95C5A16D22AFF9FD537FD51FB26FD66" box="[1117,1225,724,749]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="9">Gandaca</emphasis>
Moore
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, although did not propose changes at the generic or subgeneric level.
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