Terias

 Common grass yellow Terias hecabe, photographed by Ross Kendall.

Belongs within: Pieridae.

Terias is a genus of butterflies found primarily in the Oriental region.

<==Terias Swainson 1821F55
    |--T. (Maiva Smith & Kirby 1893)F55
    |    `--T. (M.) desjardinsii (see below for synonymy)F55
    `--T. (Nirmula Moore 1906)F55
         `--T. (N.) herlaF55
              |--T. h. herlaF55
              `--T. h. semperi Moore 1906F55
Terias incertae sedis:
  T. adaF55
    |--T. a. adaF55
    `--T. a. toba de Nicéville 1895F55
  T. alitha Felder 1862 [=T. tilaha alitha]F55
    |--T. a. alithaF55
    `--T. a. marosiana Fruhstorfer 1910F55
  T. blandaF55
    |--T. b. blandaF55
    |--T. b. mensia Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    |--T. b. vallivolans Butler 1883F55
    `--T. b. visellia Fruhstorfer 1910F55
  T. boisduvaliana [incl. T. aethiopica]B01a
  T. brigitta [incl. T. brigitta var. candace]B00
  T. candida (Cramer 1780) [=Eurema candida]F55
    |--T. c. candidaF55
    |--T. c. libera Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    |--T. c. talbotiF55
    `--T. c. virgo Wallace 1867 [=Eurema virgo]F55
  T. daira [=Eurema daira]FS54
    |--T. d. dairaFS54
    |--T. d. eugenia Wallengren 1860FS54
    `--T. d. lydia (Felder 1861)FS54
  T. dina [=Pyristia dina]FS54
    |--T. d. dinaFS54
    `--T. d. westwoodi Boisduval 1836FS54
  T. dronaWM66
  T. hapaleB01a
  T. hecabeF55
    |--T. h. hecabeF55
    |--T. h. asanga Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    |--T. h. borneensis Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    |--T. h. floricola [incl. T. hecabe floricola f. ceres Butler 1886]F55
    |--T. h. jalendra Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    |--T. h. latimargo Hopffer 1874F55
    |--T. h. luzoniensis (Linné 1764)F55
    |--T. h. photophila Butler 1884F55
    |--T. h. senegalensis Boisduval 1836F55 (see below for synonymy)
    |--T. h. sintica Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    `--T. h. tamiathis Fruhstorfer 1910F55
  T. laetaWM66
  T. lisa Boisduval-Leconte 1833 [=Pyristia lisa]FS54
  T. messalinaB01a
  T. mexicana Boisduval 1836 [=Eurema mexicana]FS54
  T. nicippe (Cramer 1779) [=Abaeis nicippe]FS54
  T. proterpia (Fabricius 1775) [=Pyristia proterpia]FS54
  T. sari Horsfield 1829F55
    |--T. s. sariF55
    `--T. s. sarilata Semper 1891F55
  T. simulatrix Semper 1891F55
  T. tilahaF55
    |--T. t. tilahaF55
    |--T. t. invida Butler 1883F55
    |--T. t. leytensis Fruhstorfer 1910F55
    `--T. t. samarana Fruhstorfer 1910F55
  T. tominia Vollenhoven 1865F55
    |--T. t. tominiaF55
    `--T. t. horatia Fruhstorfer 1910F55
  T. vagans Wallace & Moore 1866WM66
  T. venataWM66
  T. zoeB01b [=T. brigitta var. zoeB00]

Terias hecabe senegalensis Boisduval 1836F55 [incl. T. senegalensis var. bisinuataB00, T. hecabe senegalensis f. brenda Doubleday & Hewitson 1847F55]

Terias (Maiva) desjardinsii [incl. T. desjardinsii f. marshalli Butler 1897, T. desjardinsii f. regularis Butler 1876]F55

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B00] Butler, A. G. 1900. On a second collection of butterflies obtained by Mr. Edward M. de Jersey in Nyasaland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 5: 59–63.

[B01a] Butler, A. G. 1901a. An account of a collection of butterflies obtained by Lord Delamere, chiefly at Munisu, near Mount Kenya. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 197–203.

[B01b] Butler, A. G. 1901b. On a collection of butterflies from the Uganda Protectorate, forwarded by C. Steuart Betton, Esq., in 1900. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 7: 562.

[F55] Franz, E. 1955. Die Typen und Typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 16). Insecta, Lepidoptera, Pieridae. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36: 339–367.

[FS54] Franz, E., & H. Schröder. 1954. Tagfalter (Lep. Rhopalocera) aus El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35: 75–87.

[WM66] Wallace, A. R., & F. Moore. 1866. List of lepidopterous insects collected at Takow, Formosa, by Mr. R. Swinhoe. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 355–365.

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