Biology:Moschoneura

Short description: Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Pinthous mimic white
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Moschoneura Butler, 1870
Species:	M. pinthous
Binomial name
Moschoneura pinthous (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio pinthous Linnaeus, 1758 Papilio eumelia Cramer, 1780 Papilio vocula Stoll, 1781 Pieris enodia Godart, 1819 (repl. name) Pieris methymna Godart, [1819] Moschoneura theapina Butler, 1899 Dismorphia ithomia douglasina Bryk, 1953 Leptalis amelina Hopffer, 1874 Dismorphia pinthaeus gracilis Avinoff, 1926 Dismorphia pintharus proxima f. obscura Meier-Ramel, 1928

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)

Gallery

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  M. p. pinthous

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  M. p. amelina male

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  M. p. amelina female

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  M. p. ithomia

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  M. p. methymna

External links

• Images representing Moschoneura pinthous at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q591308 entry