Biology:Moschoneura
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Short description: Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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| Genus: | Moschoneura Butler, 1870[1]
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| Species: | M. pinthous
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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.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- 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)
Gallery
M. p. pinthous
M. p. amelina male
M. p. amelina female
M. p. ithomia
M. p. methymna
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moschoneura. |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Moschoneura, funet.fi
- ↑ Tol Web
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q591308 entry
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