Biology:Lieinix

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Lieinix
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Lieinix nemesis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Dismorphiinae
Genus: Lieinix
Gray, 1832
Species

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Synonyms
  • Acmepteron Godman & Salvin, 1889

Lieinix is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. It is native to the Americas.

Species

  • Lieinix christa (Reissinger, 1970)
  • Lieinix cinerascens (Salvin, 1871) – bluish mimic-white
  • Lieinix lala (Godman & Salvin, 1889) – dark mimic-white
  • Lieinix neblina J. Maza & R.G. Maza, 1984 – Guerrero mimic-white
  • Lieinix nemesis (Latreille, [1813]) – frosted mimic-white
  • Lieinix viridifascia (Butler, 1872) – greenish mimic-white

References

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 101. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q923161 entry