| Perrhybris pamela | |
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| Upperside of male | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Perrhybris |
| Species: | P. pamela |
| Binomial name | |
| Perrhybris pamela (Stoll, [1870]) |
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Perrhybris pamela is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama, south to Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 meters.
The wingspan is 66-70 mm. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with the female resembling some species of Heliconiini.
Larvae have been recorded on Capparis isthmensis and Capparis pittieri.
There is also an undescribed subspecies from Costa Rica.