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Enantia melite

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Scientific name
  
Enantia melite

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Enantia

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Enantia, Enantia lina, Enantia jethys, Enantia albania, Pseudopieris

Enantia melite is a species of butterfly that is found from Central America to the Amazon Basin. It has a wingspan of 48–52 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in), and is very variable. It lives in cloud forest and transitional forest, at altitudes of 400–1,800 metres (1,300–5,900 ft).

Subspecies

  • E. m. melite (Surinam)
  • E. m. theugenis (Doubleday, 1848) (Bolivia, Peru)
  • E. m. linealis (Prüffer, 1922) (Peru)
  • E. m. vilma Lamas, 2004 (Brazil: Rondônia)
  • References

    Enantia melite Wikipedia