Zegris Boisduval, 1836
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Zegris Boisduval, 1836 View in CoL View at ENA is a subgenus of Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur , [Duménil] & Graslin, [1833]
Zegris Boisduval, 1836 ( type species Papilio eupheme Esper, [1804] ) originates within Anthocharis Boisduval, Rambur , [Duménil] & Graslin, [1833] ( type species Papilio cardamines Linnaeus, 1758 ), rendering it paraphyletic, and is confidently placed as a sister to subgenus Paramidea Kuznetsov, 1929 ( type species: Anthocharis scolymus Butler, 1866 ) (Fig. 7). Subgenera of Anthocharis are genetically close to each other and even to the sister genus Euchloe ( type species Euchloe ausonia var. esperi W. F.
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