Phrissura is a butterfly taxon in the family Pieridae. It has often been treated as a monotypic genus containing the single species Phrissura aegis. Other taxonomic treatments place Phrissura as a subgenus of Appias, listing the species as Appias (Phrissura) aegis or Appias aegis.
The following subspecies are recognized: P. a. aegis Philippines (Mindanao) P. a. illana (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Philippines (Luzon) P. a. cynis (Hewitson, ) Peninsular Malaya P. a. pryeri (Distant, 1885) Pulau Tioman, Pulau Aur P. a. caepia Fruhstorfer Philippines (Palawan) P. a. gerasa Fruhstorfer, 1910 Sula Island P. a. polisma (Hewitson, ) North Sulawesi P. a. aegina Fruhstorfer, 1899 South Sulawesi
Capparis has been recorded as a food plant.
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Images representing Phrissura at Consortium for the Barcode of Life