Moschoneura
| Moschoneura |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Pieridae |
| Genus: |
Moschoneura
Butler, 1870[1] |
| 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
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Moschoneura is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, the Pinthous Mimic White (Moschoneura pinthous), which is found in northern South America.
Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini species.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Moschoneura pinthous pinthous (Surinam)
- Moschoneura pinthous methymna (Godart, 1819) (Brazil)
- Moschoneura pinthous cyra (Doubleday, 1844) (Brazil: Bahia)
- Moschoneura pinthous ela (Hewitson, 1877) (Ecuador)
- Moschoneura pinthous ithomia (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Peru)
- Moschoneura pinthous amelina (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru)
- Moschoneura pinthous proxima (Röber, 1924) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- Moschoneura pinthous patricia Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
- Moschoneura pinthous monica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
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