Pareronia

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Pareronia
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Pareronia valeria
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Nepheroniini
Genus: Pareronia
Bingham, 1907 [1]
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Pareronia is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae within the family Pieridae. The species are found in Southeast Asia and are mimics of the Danainae genus Parantica .

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References

  1. Pareronia, funet.fi