1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

1: Ghana, Kwabena-sam-forest, 18. Mai 2022 (det. & fot.: Regine Hakenbeck)

2. Diagnose

2.1. Erstbeschreibung

1: Fabricius (1775: 470) [nach Copyright-freiem Scan auf www.biodiversitylibrary.org]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Andere Kombinationen

• Papilio sylvia Fabricius, 1775 [Originalkombination]

3.2. Synonyme

• Appias bachi Suffert, 1904 [Synonym nach funet.fi]
• Appias rhodope dopero Suffert, 1904 [Synonym nach funet.fi]
• ?Pieris rhodanus Ward, 1871 [Synonym nach funet.fi]

3.3. Unterarten

• Appias sylvia nyasana (Butler, 1897) [Unterart nach funet.fi]
• Appias sylvia canisia Hulstaert, 1924 [Unterart nach funet.fi]
• Appias sylvia abyssinica Talbot, 1932 [Unterart nach funet.fi]
• Appias sylvia sudanensis Talbot, 1932 [Unterart nach funet.fi]
• Appias sylvia zairiensis Berger, 1981 [Unterart nach funet.fi]
• Appias sylvia ribeiroi Mendes & Bivar de Sousa, 2006

3.4. Taxonomie und Nomenklatur

Williams (2018: 18) schreibt zu "Appias sylvia ugandensis": Note: Populations of Appias sylvia occurring in western Kenya, Uganda and north western Tanzania (Minziro; Rumanyika G.R.) are, apparently, not referable to ssp. nyasana but to the name ugandensis coined by Berger (Larsen, 1991c: 145 ascribes authorship to Bernardi). Since Berger (?Bernardi) did not publish a description, ugandensis is a nomen nudum. Congdon & Collins (1998: 30) give a short comparative description but do not formally resurrect Berger’s (?Bernardi’s) name. Larsen (2005a) states that the name ugandensis Bernardi was never validly published and that the populations of A. sylvia in Uganda and western Kenya are best considered to belong to the nominate subspecies or to be intermediate to ssp. nyasana."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.5. Faunistik

Nach [Global Biodiversity Information Facility] kommt die Art in Demokratische Republik Kongo, Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Elfenbeinküste, Liberia, Kamerun, Kenia, Benin, Zentralafrikanische Republik, Guinea, Indonesien?, Sudan und Senegal vor.

Locus typicus gemäß Erstbeschreibung: Sierra Leon Africae.

(Autor: Michel Kettner)

3.6. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Fabricius, J. C. (1775): Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. 1-832. Flensburgi et Lipsiae (Officina Libraria Kortii).
• Williams, M.C. (2018): Afrotropical butterflies. 17th edidion. The genus Appias. - 19 S.; [zum PDF auf metamorphosis.org.za]

3.7. Informationen auf anderen Websites (externe Links)

• [BOLD]
• [Global Biodiversity Information Facility]
• [African Butterfly Database]
• [Butterflies of Africa]