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Melete lycimnia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pieridae

Genus
  
Melete

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Class
  
Insecta

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Melete, Butterflies and moths, Catasticta, Itaballia demophile, Aphrissa statira

Melete lycimnia petronia common melwhite pierinae pierini


Melete lycimnia, the common melwhite, primrose flag or lycimnia white flag, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Texas in the United States to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

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The wingspan is 52–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in). The appearance of the adults depends on the subspecies and ranges from a white ground colour, narrow black borders, and a yellow spot at the base of the hindwings (M. l. peruviana) to primrose yellow, with wide brown borders (M. l. lycimnia). In all subspecies, females are more yellowish.

The larvae probably feed on Loranthaceae species.

Melete lycimnia paulista


Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • M. l. lycimnia (Suriname)
  • M. l. flippantha (Fabricius, 1793) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais)
  • M. l. isandra (Boisduval, 1836) (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica)
  • M. l. peruviana (Lucas, 1852) (Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • M. l. aelia (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia)
  • M. l. eurymnia (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Colombia)
  • M. l. monstrosa (Butler, 1875) (Panama)
  • M. l. chagris (Staudinger, 1876) (Panama)
  • M. l. harti (Butler, 1896) (Trinidad)
  • M. l. latilimbata (Butler, 1896) (Ecuador)
  • M. l. petronia Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
  • M. l. phazania Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Bahia)
  • M. l. theodori Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Amazonas)
  • M. l. paulista Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Brazil: São Paulo)
  • M. l. napona (Röber, 1909) (Ecuador, Peru)
  • M. l. narmia Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

    • References

    Melete lycimnia Wikipedia
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