Cepora boisduvaliana
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Cepora boisduvaliana is a butterfly
in the Pieridae
family. It is found on the Philippines
.
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family. It is found on the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:- Cepora boisduvaliana boisduvaliana (Luzon, Marinduque, Masbate, Mindoro, Panay)
- Cepora boisduvaliana semperi Staudinger, 1890 (Basilan, Mindanao, Samar, Ticao)
- Cepora boisduvaliana cirta Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Bohol)
- Cepora boisduvaliana balbagona Semper 1890 (Camiguin de Mindanao)
- Cepora boisduvaliana sibuyanensis Schröder, 1977 (Sibuyan)
- Cepora boisduvaliana cebuensis Schroder, 1977 (Cebu)
- Cepora boisduvaliana leytensis M.& T.Okano, 1991 (Leyte)
- Cepora boisduvaliana negrosensis M.& T.Okano, 1991 (Negros)