Dusky blackvein | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Aporia |
Species: | A. nabellica
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Binomial name | |
Aporia nabellica (Boisduval, 1836)
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Aporia nabellica, the dusky blackvein, is a mid-sized to large butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India and Pakistan in the western Himalayas: Kashmir to Naini Tal from 2,600 to 4,000 m (8,500 to 13,000 ft). It has a wingspan of 6 to 7 cm.