''Pareronia'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
of the subfamily
Pierinae
The Pierinae are a large subfamily of Pieridae, pierid butterfly, butterflies. The subfamily is one of several clades of butterflies often referred to as the whites.
Species
It includes the following species (additional species can be found und ...
within the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...
. The species are found in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
and are
mimics of the Danainae genus ''
Parantica
''Parantica'', commonly called tigers, is an Old World genus of butterflies in subfamily Danainae of family Nymphalidae. They are found in southeastern Asia, Indonesia, Papua-New Guinea, and the Philippines. Many of these species are endemic to i ...
''.
Species
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Pareronia argolis''
(Felder, C & R Felder, 1860)
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Pareronia avatar''
(Moore, 858
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Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – King Louis the German, summoned by the disaffected Frankish nobles, invades the West Frankish Kin ...
– pale wanderer
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Pareronia aviena''
Fruhstorfer, 1910
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Pareronia boebera
''Pareronia boebera'' is a species of pierine butterfly endemic to the Philippines.
Subspecies
*''P. b. boebera'' (Philippines: Luzon)
*''P. b. bazilana'' (Fruhstorfer, 1900) (Philippines: Basilan)
*''P. b. arsamota'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Phi ...
''
(Eschscholtz, 1821)
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Pareronia ceylanica''
(Felder, C & R Felder, 1865) – dark wanderer
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Pareronia chinki''
Joicey & Noakes, 1915
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Pareronia gullussa''
( Fruhstorfer, 1910)
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Pareronia hippia''
(Fabricius, 1787) – Indian wanderer
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Pareronia jobaea''
(Boisduval, 1832) (or ''Pareronia iobaea'')
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Pareronia kyokoae''
Nishimura, 1996
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Pareronia nishiyamai''
Yata, 1981
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Pareronia paravatar''
Bingham, 1907
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Pareronia phocaea''
(Felder, C & R Felder, 1861)
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Pareronia tritaea''
(Felder, C & R Felder, 1859)
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Pareronia valeria
''Pareronia valeria'', the common wanderer or Malayan wanderer, is a medium-sized butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, and is found in India and Southeast Asia. The butterfly found in India is sometimes considered a ...
''
(Cramer, 1776) – common wanderer or Malayan wanderer
References
External links
images representing ''Pareronia'' at
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Charles Thomas Bingham
Taxa described in 1907
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