沃氏粉蝶
沃氏粉蝶(Pieris wollastoni)是一種極危或可能滅絕的粉蝶,僅分布於馬德拉[2]。它们体长约55到65毫米。它們的栖息地位于月桂林中[3] 。最後一个标本采集於1977年,现时相信它們的數量已經極度稀少甚至可能已經滅絕[4],它們的衰落的原因可能是外來蝴蝶所攜帶的病毒所致[5] 。
沃氏粉蝶![]() | |
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一只雌性的馬德拉大菜粉蝶图像 | |
科学分类 ![]() | |
界: | 动物界 Animalia |
门: | 节肢动物门 Arthropoda |
纲: | 昆虫纲 Insecta |
目: | 鱗翅目 Lepidoptera |
总科: | 鳳蝶總科 Papilionoidea |
科: | 粉蝶科 Pieridae |
属: | 粉蝶属 Pieris |
种: | 沃氏粉蝶 P. wollastoni
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二名法 | |
Pieris wollastoni Butler, 1886
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其种小名是為了紀念昆蟲學家湯瑪斯·維儂·沃拉史頓。
参考文献
- ^ Bonaccorso et al., 2008
- ^ John Feltwell: Large white butterfly: The Biology, Biochemistry and Physiology of Pieris Brassicae (Linnaeus). Springer, 1982 ISBN 90-6193-128-2
- ^ Pieris brassicae wollastoni 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2011-07-14.
- ^ Man drives butterfly into extinction and it could be bad news for us too
- ^ Gardiner, B. (2003) The possible cause of extinction of Pieris brassicae wollastoni Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Entomologist's Gazette 54:267–268
- Holt White, A. E. & Rashleigh (editors) (1894): The butterflies and moths of Teneriffe. Illustrated from the author's drawings. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Gardiner, B. (2003) The possible cause of extinction of Pieris brassicae wollastoni Butler (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Entomologist's Gazette 54:267–268
外部链接
- van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M. & Settele, J. Pieris wollastoni. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010. [9 March 2013].
- Large White
- Man drives butterfly into extinction and it could be bad news for us too