Aporia

Aporia crataegi, photographed by Jean Emmanuel Bouvet.

Belongs within: Pieridae.

Aporia, the black-veined whites, is a Palaearctic butterfly genus.

<==Aporia Hübner 1820 F55
    |--A. crataegi A71
    |--A. hippia I92
    |    |--A. h. hippia I92
    |    `--A. h. japonica Matsumura 1919 I92
    |--A. potanini F55
    |    |--A. p. potanini F55
    |    `--A. p. infernalis Bang-Haas 1927 F55
    `--A. procris F55
         |--A. p. procris F55
         `--A. p. draesekei Bang-Haas 1927 F55

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[A71] Askew, R. R. 1971. Parasitic Insects. Heinemann Educational Books: London.

[F55] Franz, E. 1955. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 16). Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 339-367.

[I92] Iwahashi, J. (ed.) 1992. Reddo Deeta Animaruzu: a pictorial of Japanese fauna facing extinction. JICC: Tokyo.