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Hesperocharis hirlanda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pieridae

Genus
  
Hesperocharis

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Butterflies and moths, Charonias, Leodonta, Eroessa, Sinopieris

Hesperocharis hirlanda, the Hirlanda white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. The habitat consists of forested foothills in the eastern Andes and lowlands in the upper Amazon basin. It is found at altitudes between about 400 and 1,000 meters.

Adults feed on mineralised moisture.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • H. h. hirlanda (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • H. h. helvia (Latreille, [1813]) (Mexico)
  • H. h. fulvinota Butler, 1871 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
  • H. h. apicalis Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Ecuador, Colombia)
  • H. h. niaguida Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Peru)
  • H. h. praeclara Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Espírito Santo)
  • H. h. serda Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Colombia)
  • H. h. minturna (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Venezuela)
  • H. h. planasia (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

    • References

    Hesperocharis hirlanda Wikipedia
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