Moschoneura
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Pinthous mimic white | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Moschoneura Butler, 1870[1] |
Species: | M. pinthous
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Binomial name | |
Moschoneura pinthous | |
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Moschoneura is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Moschoneura pinthous, the pinthous mimic white, which is found in northern South America.
Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini butterfly species.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- M. p. pinthous (Suriname)
- M. p. methymna (Godart, 1819) (Brazil)
- M. p. cyra (Doubleday, 1844) (Brazil: Bahia)
- M. p. ela (Hewitson, 1877) (Ecuador)
- M. p. ithomia (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Peru)
- M. p. amelina (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru)
- M. p. proxima (Röber, 1924) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- M. p. patricia Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
- M. p. monica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
Gallery
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M. p. pinthous
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M. p. amelina male
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M. p. amelina female
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M. p. ithomia
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M. p. methymna
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moschoneura.
- ^ a b Moschoneura, funet.fi
- ^ Tol Web
External links
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