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Taxonomy of Genus Alesa Doubleday, 1847


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths
322
33641
568299
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths
208
32654
567261
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
197
32461
565431
Families
Genera
Species
DivisionDitrysia
Borner, 1925
Butterflies, Moths, Skippers
186
32290
560864
Families
Genera
Species

Section
 
Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
74
20388
404639
Families
Genera
Species

Subsection
 
Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
66
18154
371101
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies
13
3266
144998
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyPieridae
Duponchel, 1835
And Sulphurs, Brimstones, Orange-tips, Orangetips, Sulfurs
230
13433
Genera
Species
SubfamilyDismorphiinae
Schatz, 1887
Mimic-Whites
13
896
Genera
Species
TribeEurybiini
Reuter, 1896
3
122
Genera
Species
GenusAlesa
Doubleday, 1847
20Species
Subnodes of Alesa Doubleday, 1847
SpeciesAlesa amesis Cramer, 1777
Amesis Metalmark
1Subspecies
SpeciesAlesa egeria R. Biedermann, 1936  ⇒ Alesa rothschildi
SpeciesAlesa esmeralda Salazar & Constantino, 2007
SpeciesAlesa fournierae Lathy, 1958
SpeciesAlesa hemiurga Bates, 1867
Hemiurga Metalmark
SpeciesAlesa lipara Bates, 1867
Lipara Metalmark
SpeciesAlesa negra Röber, 1931  ⇒ Alesa telephae
SpeciesAlesa nigra W.J. Kaye, 1925
SpeciesAlesa prema Godart, 1824  ⇒ Alesa telephae
Prema Metalmark
1Subspecies
SpeciesAlesa priolas Godart, 1824  ⇒ Alesa amesis
SpeciesAlesa rothschildi Seitz, 1917
SpeciesAlesa sapphirina Biedermann, 1936
SpeciesAlesa smaragdifera Westwood, 1851
SpeciesAlesa suzana Hall & Ahrenholz, 2010
SpeciesAlesa telephae Boisduval, 1836
Telephae Metalmark
1Subspecies
SpeciesAlesa theldryas Bates, 1868
SpeciesAlesa thelydrias Bates, 1867

Synonyms
Mimocastnia (A. Seitz, 1913)


Distribution of Alesa Doubleday, 1847
Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Suriname, Sweden, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, Venezuela


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