Biology:Hesperocharis hirlanda

Short description: Species of butterfly

Hesperocharis hirlanda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Hesperocharis
Species:	H. hirlanda
Binomial name
Hesperocharis hirlanda (Stoll, [1790])
Synonyms
Hesperocharis fulvinota Papilio hirlanda Stoll, [1790] Butler, 1871 Cunizza hirlanda posidonia Cathaemia hirlanda Fruhstorfer, 1910 Cunizza hirlanda Fruhstorfer, 1907 Hesperocharis hirlanda obnubila

Hesperocharis hirlanda, the Hirlanda white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q1868252 entry