Zerene
Butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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Zerene is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae commonly called dogfaces. The closest living relative is the genus Colias.[1] They are migratory.[2]
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| Zerene eurydice male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Subfamily: | Coliadinae |
| Tribe: | Coliadini |
| Genus: | Zerene Hübner, 1819 |
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Species
Source:[3]
- Zerene cesonia (Stoll, 1790) – southern dogface[4]
- Zerene eurydice (Boisduval, 1855) – California dogface
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