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Aporia hippia

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| taxon = Aporia hippia

| authority = (Bremer, 1861)

| synonyms = Pieris hippia Bremer, 1861

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Aporia hippia is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Amur region, Ussuri), Korea, Japan, China, and Mongolia.

The forewing length is {{cvt|25–40|mm}}.

The larvae feed on Berberis species, including Berberis amurensis and Berberis thunbergii.

Subspecies

There are seven subspecies:

  • Aporia hippia hippia
  • Aporia hippia crataegoides
  • Aporia hippia japonica (Japan)
  • Aporia hippia kreitneri
  • Aporia hippia occidentalis (Transbaikalia)
  • Aporia hippia taupingi
  • Aporia hippia thibetana (Manchuria)

Aporia hippia taupingi might be synonym of Aporia hippia thibetana.

References

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{{cite web |url=https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/346159 |title=Aporia hippia (Bremer, 1861) |work=Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.24.240 |date=27 August 2024 |access-date=6 September 2024}}

{{cite journal |last1=Kanoh |first1=Kazumi |title=Biogeographical diffusion of Aporia hippia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) obtained from morphological comparison |journal=Biogeography |date=2017 |volume=19 |pages=47–54 |doi=10.11358/biogeo.19.47 |doi-access=free |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biogeo/19/0/19_47/_article/-char/en}}

{{cite web |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/aporia/#hippia |title=Aporia Hübner, [1819] |author=Savela, Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=6 September 2024}}

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Category:Aporia (butterfly)

Category:Butterflies of Japan

Category:Butterflies described in 1861

Category:Taxa named by Otto Vasilievich Bremer

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