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Genus Abaeis

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Sleepy Orange Egg - Abaeis nicippe butterfly - Abaeis nicippe Sleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe Sleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe Sleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe Sleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe Sleepy Orange - Abaeis nicippe Sulfur? - Abaeis nicippe
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
Family Pieridae (Whites and Yellows)
Subfamily Coliadinae (Sulphurs)
Genus Abaeis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
The single North American species (nicippe) was moved 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)
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

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