Enantia lina
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Enantia |
Species: | E. lina
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Binomial name | |
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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
[edit]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
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E. l. aphrodite male
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E. l. aphrodite female
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E. l. psamanthe male
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E. l. psamanthe female
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E. l. mercenaria male
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E. l. mercenaria female
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E. l. marion male
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E. l. marion female
References
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Categories:
- Dismorphiinae
- Butterflies described in 1792
- Lepidoptera of Brazil
- Pieridae of South America
- Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst
- Butterflies of Central America
- Lepidoptera of Mexico
- Lepidoptera of Venezuela
- Lepidoptera of Colombia
- Lepidoptera of Ecuador
- Lepidoptera of Peru
- Lepidoptera of Bolivia
- Butterflies of Trinidad and Tobago
- Fauna of Panama
- Pieridae stubs