Aporia acraea explained

Aporia acraea is a butterfly species in family Pieridae. The species occurs in China, where it is found in western Sichuan and northern Yunnan.

Former subspecies

• Aporia acraea wolongensis (now Aporia wolongensis)
  • Aporia acraea koiwayai (now Aporia wolongensis koiwayai)
• Aporia acraea tayiensis (now Aporia tayiensis)
• Aporia acraea lotis (junior synonym of Aporia acraea)

Original description

As Pieris acraea, Charles Oberthür in Ragonot . Émile Louis . Séance du 23 décembre 1885 . Annales de la Société entomologique de France . 1885 . 6 . CCXXVI-CCXXVII . .