Prioneris Hypsipyle
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''Prioneris'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
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 ...
in the
family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
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 ...
found in the
Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
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Species

*'' Prioneris autothisbe'' (Hübner, 1826) *'' Prioneris clemanthe'' (Doubleday, 1846) *''
Prioneris cornelia ''Prioneris'' is a genus of butterfly, butterflies in the family (biology), family Pieridae found in the Indomalayan realm. Species *''Prioneris autothisbe'' (Hübner, 1826) *''Prioneris clemanthe'' (Doubleday, 1846) *''Prioneris cornelia'' (van ...
'' (van Vollenhoven, 1865) *'' Prioneris hypsipyle'' Weymer, 1887 *'' Prioneris philonome'' (Boisduval, 1836) *'' Prioneris sita'' (Felder, C & R Felder, 1865) *'' Prioneris thestylis'' (Doubleday, 1842)


References

Pierini Pieridae genera Taxa named by Alfred Russel Wallace Taxa described in 1867 {{Pieridae-stub