Dismorphiinae

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Dismorphiinae Higher classification Pieridae Order Butterflies and moths		Superfamily Papilionoidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Subfamily

Lower classifications Leptidea, Leptidea sinapis, Dismorphia, Leptidea reali, Enantia

Dismorphiinae, the mimic sulphurs, is a subfamily of butterflies from the family Pieridae. It consists of about 100 species in seven genera, distributed mainly in the Neotropical region, of which only one species occurs in North America and one genus, Leptidea, is in the Palaeartic region.

Genera

Dismorphia Hübner, 1816

Enantia Hübner, [1819]

Lieinix Gray, 1832

Leptidea Billberg, 1820

Moschoneura Butler, 1870

Patia Klots, 1933

Pseudopieris Godman & Salvin, [1890]

References

Dismorphiinae Wikipedia

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