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Zegris (butterfly)

genus of insects

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionMay 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ1757546 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zegris is a Palearctic genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. This genus was erected by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is characterized by the very strongly clubbed antennae and the bushy palpi, but especially by the shape of the larva and pupa and the manner of pupation.

Species

Zegris eupheme (Esper, 1804)

Zegris fausti Christoph, 1877 Turkestan, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Zegris pyrothoe (Eversmann, 1832) southwestern Siberia, Turan, Kazakhstan, western China

Zegris zhungelensis Huang & Murayama, 1992 Xinjiang

Zegris meridionalis Lederer, 1852 central and southern Spain

References

External links

"Taxonomy Browser: Zegris". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved April 27, 2020.

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The public source identifies “Zegris (butterfly)” as genus of insects. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zegris, butterfly and genus.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1836, 1804, 1877, 1832—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Zegris, butterfly and genus providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Zegris (butterfly)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.