Butterflies and Moths of the World Generic Names and their Type-species

Genus:
Saletara Distant, 1885 . Rhop. malay. : 287 [key & footnote].    [BHL]

Status:
Available Name

Homonyms: 1

Higher classification:
PAPILIONOIDEA : PIERIDAE : PIERINAE : PIERINI : APPIADINA

Type-species:
Pieris nathalia Felder & Felder, 1862. Wien. ent. Monatschr. 6: 285.    [BHL]

Type-species designation:
by original designation .

Type specimens:
See BHL scanned Type-species page: .

Notes:
Hemming (1967) stated:-

The taxon represented by the nominal species Pieris nathalia Felder (C.) & Felder (R.) is currently treated subjectively on taxonomic grounds as a subspecies of the taxon represented by the older-established nominal species Pieris panda Godart, [1819], (Ency. méth. 9 (Ins.) (1) : 147).

The higher classification used here follows Lamas (2008).

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