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Dismorphia spio

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Dismorphia

Dismorphia spio

Dismorphia spio, the Hispaniolan mimic-white or Haitian mimic, is a species of butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found on Hispaniola and in Puerto Rico.

This species mimics Heliconius charitonius.

The wingspan is 50–60 mm. Adults are black with yellow or orange with strikingly pointy forewings. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, mainly in the pattern of the hindwing. In males, there is a white area along the frontal edge, while this is absent in females.

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Dismorphia spio Wikipedia