| Aporia acraea | |
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| A.a. lotis in Leech, J. H., Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1892-1893 (fig. 6). | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Aporia |
| Species: | A. acraea |
| Binomial name | |
| Aporia acraea | |
| Synonyms | |
Aporia acraea is a butterfly species in family Pieridae. [3] The species occurs in China, [1] where it is found in western Sichuan and northern Yunnan. [4]
As Pieris acraea, Charles Oberthür in Ragonot, Émile Louis (1885). "Séance du 23 décembre 1885". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 6: CCXXVI–CCXXVII..
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