''Appias maria'' is a species of
pierine butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
found in the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
and
Japan.
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Subspecies
*''A. m. maria'' (Philippines: Luzon)
*''A. m. adorabilis'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Philippines: Mindanao)
*''A. m. dolorosa'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Bohol, Bazilan)
*''A. m. kabiraensis'' Murayama, 1970 (Japan)
References
External links
images representing ''Appias maria''
at Encyclopedia of Life
The ''Encyclopedia of Life'' (''EOL'') is a free, online encyclopedia intended to document all of the 1.9 million living species known to science. It is compiled from existing trusted databases curated by experts and with the assistance of no ...
maria
Maria may refer to:
People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
* 170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
* Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, ...
Butterflies described in 1875
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Georg Semper
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