Spotted sawtooth | |
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Dry-season forms | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Prioneris |
Species: | P. thestylis |
Binomial name | |
Prioneris thestylis Doubleday, 1842 | |
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