Pseudopieris nehemia

Clean mimic-white
	Pseudopieris nehemia nehemia
	Pseudopieris nehemia aequatorialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pseudopieris
Species:	P. nehemia
Binomial name
	Pseudopieris nehemia; (Boisduval, 1836)
Synonyms
	Pieris nehemia Boisduval, 1836; Dismorphia nehemia; Leptalis cydno Doubleday, 1842; Leptalis penia Hopffer, 1874;

Pseudopieris nehemia, the clean mimic-white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to Brazil^[1] and Argentina. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloudforests.^[2]

The wingspan is 42–44 mm (1.7–1.7 in).^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

Pseudopieris nehemia nehemia (Brazil)
Pseudopieris nehemia aequatorialis (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Bolivia, Peru)
Pseudopieris nehemia limbalis Röber, 1924 (Brazil: Pará)
Pseudopieris nehemia prasina Hayward, 1949 (Argentina)
Pseudopieris nehemia francisca Lamas, 1979 (Honduras)
Pseudopieris nehemia irma Lamas, 1979 (Guatemala)
Pseudopieris nehemia luisa Lamas, 1979 (Panama)
Pseudopieris nehemia melania Lamas, 1985 (Peru)
Pseudopieris nehemia jessica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
Pseudopieris nehemia mariana Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Pseudopieris, Site of Markku Savela
^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
^ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)

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[funet-1] Pseudopieris, Site of Markku Savela

[learn-2] Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes

[parque-3] Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)

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