Dismorphia amphione

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Dismorphia

Dismorphia amphione, the tiger mimic white, is a species of butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Mexico and the Caribbean down to Brazil and Bolivia.

The wingspan is about 77 mm. It is an extremely variable species.

The larvae feed on Inga species, including I. sapindoides and I. densiflora.

Dismorphia amphione mimics the ithomiine Mechanitis lysimnia in colour pattern and in the slow regular flight.

Subspecies

D. a. amphione (Suriname)

D. a. astynome (Dalman, 1823) (Brazil (São Paulo, Bahia, Minas Gerais), Argentina)

D. a. praxinoe (Doubleday, 1844) (Mexico, from Panama to Colombia)

D. a. beroe (Lucas, 1852) (Colombia)

D. a. egaena (Bates, 1861) (Brazil (Amazonas))

D. a. discrepans Butler, 1896 (Ecuador)

D. a. rhomboidea Butler, 1896 (Ecuador, Peru)

D. a. broomeae Butler, 1899 (Venezuela, Trinidad)

D. a. meridionalis Röber, 1909 (Bolivia)

D. a. daguana Bargmann, 1929 (Colombia)

D. a. lupita Lamas, 1979 (Mexico)

D. a. isolda Llorente, 1984 (Mexico)

D. a. bertha Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

D. a. mora Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

References

Dismorphia amphione Wikipedia

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