Calopieris

Calopieris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It consists of only one species, Calopieris eulimene, which is found in Egypt (Gebel Elba Protected Area),[2] Chad, Sudan, the Red Sea coast, western Saudi Arabia[3] and Yemen.[4][5]

Calopieris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Teracolini
Genus: Calopieris
Aurivillius, 1898[1]
Species:
C. eulimene
Binomial name
Calopieris eulimene
(Klug, 1829)
Synonyms
  • Pontia eulimene Klug, 1829

References
  1. Calopieris, funet.fi
  2. El-Gabbas, Ahmed; Gilbert, Francis (2016). "The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Zoology in the Middle East. 62 (3): 279–281. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1202984. ISSN 0939-7140.
  3. Larsen, Torben (2001). Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours. Stacey International. ISBN 978-0905743363.
  4. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  5. Larsen, Torben (1982). The butterflies of the Yemen Arab Republic. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 9788773041260.


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