Dismorphiinae

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Dismorphiinae
Leptidea sinapis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Dismorphiinae

Dismorphiinae (or mimic sulfurs) is a subfamily of butterflies from the family Pieridae. It consists of about 100 species in 7 genera, distributed mainly in the Neotropical region of which only one occurs in North America and one genus, Leptidea in the Palaeartic.

[edit] Genera

  • Dismorphia
  • Enantia
  • Leptidea
  • Lieinix
  • Moschoneura
  • Patia
  • Pseudopieris
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