Calopieris
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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Calopieris is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It consists of only one species, Calopieris eulimene, which is found in Egypt (Gebel Elba Protected Area),[2] Chad, Sudan, the Red Sea coast, western Saudi Arabia[3] and Yemen.[4][5]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Teracolini |
| Genus: | Calopieris Aurivillius, 1898[1] |
| Species: | C. eulimene |
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| Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829) | |
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