Nepheronia pharis

Nepheronia pharis, the round-winged vagrant, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of undisturbed primary lowland forests and riverine forests.

Nepheronia pharis
N. p. pharis, mating Kakum National Park, Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Nepheronia
Species:	N. pharis
Binomial name
Nepheronia pharis (Boisduval, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
Pieris pharis Boisduval, 1836 Pieris chione Doubleday, 1844 Lepteronia pharis silvanus Stoneham, 1957

Subspecies

• Nepheronia pharis pharis (Sierra Leone, coast and north-eastern Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda)
• Nepheronia pharis silvanus (Stoneham, 1957) (Uganda, western Kenya, north-western Tanzania)

References

1. Nepheronia, Site of Markku Savela
2. "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-04.