Moschoneura

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Family Pieridae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Species M. pinthous Rank Genus

Similar Pseudopieris, Lieinix, Butterflies and moths, Patia, Enantia

Moschoneura is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Moschoneura pinthous, the pinthous mimic white, which is found in northern South America.

Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini butterfly species.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

M. p. pinthous (Suriname)

M. p. methymna (Godart, 1819) (Brazil)

M. p. cyra (Doubleday, 1844) (Brazil: Bahia)

M. p. ela (Hewitson, 1877) (Ecuador)

M. p. ithomia (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Peru)

M. p. amelina (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru)

M. p. proxima (Röber, 1924) (Brazil: Amazonas)

M. p. patricia Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

M. p. monica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

References

Moschoneura Wikipedia

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