- Gonepteryx aspasia
Taxobox | name = Lesser Brimstone
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
subordo =Ditrysia
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Pieridae
subfamilia =Coliadinae
tribus =Gonepterini
genus = "Gonepteryx "
species = "G. aspasia"
binomial = "Gonepteryx aspasia"
binomial_authority =Menetries , 1859
The Lesser Brimstone "Gonepteryx aspasia" is a medium sized
butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites, which is native to India.References
* Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6
* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
* Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
* Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.ee also
*
List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)
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