Taxonomic revision of genus Pareronia Bingham, 1907 (Papilionoidea : Pieridae) from India with new status for two taxa

Abstract

This study concentrates on the taxonomic situation of the genus Pareronia (Bingham, 1907) in India and recommends revisions. There are three species of genus Pareronia in India and all these three species are evaluated under this study using the specimens from the collections located at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata. Based on the critical examination of morphological characters and well pronounced differences in the male genitalia, the status of Pareronia valareia hippia (Fabricius) is raised to species level and the dry season form of Pareronia avatar (Moore) form tarina, Fruhstorfer (1903), is upgraded to species level, Pareronia tarina.