Mathania (butterfly)

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Mathania

Mathania leucothea
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pieridae
Tribe:  | Anthocharini
Genus:  | Mathania
Oberthür, 1890

Mathania is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. The genus was described by Oberthür in 1890.[1][2]

The Global Lepidoptera Names Index gives this name as a synonym of Hesperocharis C. Felder, 1862.[3]

## Species

* Mathania agasicles (Hewitson, 1874)
* Mathania aureomaculata (Dognin, 1888)
* Mathania carrizoi Giacomelli, 1914
* Mathania leucothea (Molina, 1782)

## References

1. ↑ Savela, Markku (April 16, 2016). "Mathania Oberthür, 1890". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/mathania/. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
2. ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mathania Oberthür, 1890". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=17216.0. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
3. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Mathania". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=178269.

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