The first record of the genus Belenois (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from China

By

Ge, Sixun
Hu, Shaoji
Shi, Hongliang
Han, Feng-Ying
Li, Ming-Jun
Ren, Lili

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-01-18

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

9

Pages

1--7

Subjects

Belenois aurota , high altitude distribution , Migratory species , new record , Tibet

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.9.e61332
eLocator: e61332

 

Abstract

The family Pieridae is a large group of butterflies which plays an important role in evolutionary biology and contains many potential pests (Courtney 1986). Pieridae is a cosmopolitan family while the tropics harbour higher species richness. In a very recent expedition to the Chinese-Indian border area in Tibet Autonomous Region, a migratory species, Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793), was discovered for the first time, which comprises the first record of the genus Belenois in China and the highest altitude record of this species.<br> The species B. aurota (Fabricius, 1793) is the first record of the genus Belenois from China. The specimen was collected at an altitude of about 3,000 m in Tibet Autonomous Region. Relevant details are presented for the species.