Enantia lina
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Enantia |
Species: | E. lina
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Enantia lina | |
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Enantia lina, the white mimic white or lina mimic white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to most of South America.[1]
Subspecies[]
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- E. l. lina (Herbst, 1792)
- E. l. psamathe (Fabricius, 1793) (Uruguay, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul)
- E. l. mercenaria (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Panama, Venezuela, Colombia)
- E. l. aphrodite (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais)
- E. l. galanthis (Bates, 1861) (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
- E. l. acutipennis Butler, 1896 (Trinidad)
- E. l. marion Godman & Salvin, [1889] (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)
- E. l. versicolora (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Brazil: Pernambuco)
- E. l. virna Lamas, 2003 (Mexico)
Gallery[]
E. l. aphrodite male
E. l. aphrodite female
E. l. psamanthe male
E. l. psamanthe female
E. l. mercenaria male
E. l. mercenaria female
E. l. marion male
E. l. marion female
References[]
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Categories:
- Dismorphiinae
- Butterflies described in 1792
- Fauna of Brazil
- Pieridae of South America
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
- Pieridae stubs