Genus Abaeis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers

Sleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe - male - female

Sleepy Orange (Winter Form) - Abaeis nicippe

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)

Subfamily Coliadinae (Sulphurs and Yellows)

Genus Abaeis

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

The single North American species (nicippe) was considered to belong to Abaeis, and recognized as distinct from Eurema by Opler and Warren in 2003.

BugGuide currently follows the taxonomy of Opler and Warren, which is the same as that used at All-Leps (see discussion here)

The distinction of Abaeis from Eurema is still hotly debated, and not universally accepted (see related comments under Pyrisitia).

Explanation of Names

author of genus is Hubner, 1819

Numbers

1 species in North America listed at All-Leps

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 August, 2007 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by David Ferguson
Last updated 26 November, 2008 - 10:52pm

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