- Nepheronia
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Nepheronia Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pieridae Subfamily: Pierinae Tribe: Colotini Genus: Nepheronia
Butler, 1870Synonyms - Leuceronia Aurivillius, 1895
- Lepteronia Stoneham, 1957
Nepheronia, commonly called vagrants, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily of Pierinae endemic to Africa. For other Vagrants, see genus Eronia.
Species
Listed alphabetically.[1]
- Nepheronia argia (Fabricius, 1775) – Large Vagrant
- Nepheronia avatar (Moore, 1858)
- Nepheronia buquetii Boisduval, 1836) – Plain Vagrant or Buquet's Vagrant
- Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)
- Nepheronia thalassina (Boisduval, 1836) – Cambridge Vagrant or Blue Vagrant
- ?Nepheronia usambara (Aurivillius, 1907)
References
- ^ Nepheronia, funet.fi
- Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town:Struik Publishers, 2005.
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