Eronia
| Eronia | |
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| Vine-leaf vagrant (Eronia cleodora), Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Subfamily: | Pierinae |
| Tribe: | Colotini |
| Genus: | Eronia Hübner, [1823] |
Eronia, commonly called vagrants, is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae found mainly in Africa. For other butterflies called "vagrants" see genus Nepheronia.
Species[1]
- Eronia cleodora Hübner, 1823 – vine-leaf vagrant
- Eronia leda (Boisduval, 1847) – autumn leaf vagrant or orange-and-lemon (butterfly)
References
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- Woodhall, S. Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 2005.
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 21
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