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GENUS GONEPTERYX (LEPIDOPTERA, PIERIDAE) AT THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST: TAXONOMY, BIONOMY AND DISTRIBUTION

2009; Volume: 1; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.33910/1999-4079-2009-1-4-374-385

2686-9519

E. S. Koshkin,

Insect and Pesticide Research

Taxonomy, biology and ranges of Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 and G. aspasia Ménétries, 1859 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) from the Far East of Russia are discussed. The absence of Chinese species G. amintha (Blanchard, 1871) in Russian fauna is proved. The detailed key for identification of Gonepteryx taxons from the Far East of Russia and adjacent continental territories is given. Subspecific status of G. aspasia niphonica Verity, 1909 is proved. G. cleopatra orientalis Röber in Seitz, 1907 described from Vladivostok seems to be an aberration of G. maxima amurensis (Graeser, 1888). Detailed description of G. maxima and G. aspasia preimaginal stages is supplied in comparison with those of G. rhamni L. and G. amintha. Host plants are proved for G. aspasia, being all three Far Eastern Rhamnus species (Rh. davurica Pallas, Rh. ussuriensis (Ja. Vassil.) and Rh. diamantiaca Nakai).