Appias cardena

Yellow puffin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Appias
Species:
A. cardena
Binomial name
Appias cardena
(Hewitson, 1861)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris cardena Hewitson, 1861
  • Tachyris cardena perakana Fruhstorfer, 1902
  • Pieris hagar Vollenhoven, 1865

Appias cardena, the yellow puffin, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1861. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • A. c. cardena (northern Borneo)
  • A. c. perakana (Fruhstorfer, 1902) (Peninsular Malaysia, possibly northern Sumatra)
  • A. c. hagar (Vollenhoven, 1865) (Sumatra)

References

  1. ^ Hewitson, 1861 Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Wikispecies has information related to Appias cardena.
  • Appias at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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