Gandaca harina

Species of butterfly

Tree yellow
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Gandaca
Species:
G. harina
Binomial name
Gandaca harina
(Horsfield, 1829)

Gandaca harina, the tree yellow, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in India, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, and Indonesia. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.[1]

Gandaca harina distanti museum specimens from Malaya

Subspecies

  • Gandaca harina assamica Moore, 1906 – (Assam, Sikkim, Bengal)[2]
  • Gandaca harina andamana Moore, 1906 – (Andaman)[2]
  • Gandaca harina nicobarica Evans, 1932 – (Nicobar)[2]
  • Gandaca harina harina – (Java)[2]
  • Gandaca harina burmana Moore, 1906 – (S.Burma, Thailand - S.Vietnam)[2]
  • Gandaca harina auriflua Fruhstorfer, 1899 – (Sula Is., Banggai)[2]
  • Gandaca harina distanti Fruhstorfer, 1910 – (Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, Sumatra)[2]
  • Gandaca harina austrosundana Fruhstorfer, 1910 – (Lombok)[2]

References

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  1. ^ Varshney, R.K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 68. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Savela, Markku. "Gandaca harina (Horsfield, [1829])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
Taxon identifiers
Gandaca harina


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