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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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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References
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- ^ Calopieris, funet.fi
- ^ El-Gabbas, Ahmed; Gilbert, Francis (2016). "The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". Zoology in the Middle East. 62 (3): 279–281. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1202984. ISSN 0939-7140.
- ^ Larsen, Torben (2001). Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours. Stacey International. ISBN 978-0905743363.
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pierini - Colotis group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
- ^ Larsen, Torben (1982). The butterflies of the Yemen Arab Republic. Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. ISBN 9788773041260.
