Aphrissa fluminensis

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Rio de Janeiro sulphur
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Aphrissa
Species:
A. fluminensis
Binomial name
Aphrissa fluminensis
(d'Almeida, 1921) [1]
Synonyms
  • Catopsilia fluminensisd'Almeida, 1921
  • Catopsilia etiolataForbes, 1927
  • Aphrissa statira var. palleolaZikán, 1940
  • Phoebis (Aphrissa) statira statira f. discoflavaBryk, 1953

Aphrissa fluminensis, the Rio de Janeiro sulphur, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Costa Rica, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Amazonas), and Peru. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Aphrissa, Site of Markku Savela