Pseudopontia
Sign in to savePseudopontia is a genus of butterflies found only in wet forests of tropical Africa. It is the only genus in the subfamily Pseudopontiinae. It was traditionally thought to contain only one species (monotypic), Pseudopontia paradoxa. However, a recent study showed there are at least five species of Pseudopontia which can be distinguished genetically and by details of wing veins. Each is found primarily in a different part of Africa, though several of the species have overlapping geographic distributions.
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Vinony files it under Pieridae, Pieridae genera and Taxa described in 1870.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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PHYLUM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassCopepoda
- OrderCalanoida
- FamilyPontellidae
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- ˌsu.doʊˈpɑn.ti.ə
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Pseudopontia is a genus of butterflies found only in wet forests of tropical Africa. It is the only genus in the subfamily Pseudopontiinae. It was traditionally thought to contain only one species (monotypic), Pseudopontia paradoxa. However, a recent study showed there are at least five species of Pseudopontia which can be distinguished genetically and by details of wing veins. Each is found primarily in a different part of Africa, though several of the species have overlapping geographic distributions.
It is considered paradoxical because, despite being a true butterfly (Papilionoidea), its antennae do not have the characteristic clubbed ends which are otherwise diagnostic of butterflies (Rhopalocera).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pseudopontia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.