Dercas

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Dercas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Goniopterygini
Genus: Dercas
Doubleday, [1847]
Species

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Dercas is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae found in southeast Asia.

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1]

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References

  1. Dercas, funet.fi