Dismorphia spio
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| Dismorphia spio | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Dismorphia |
| Species: | D. spio |
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| Dismorphia spio (Godart, 1824)[1] | |
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The Hispaniolan Mimic-White or Haitian Mimic (Dismorphia spio) is a species of butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found on Hispaniola and in Puerto Rico.
Male of the yellow form
This species mimics Heliconius charitonius.
The wingspan is 50-60 mm. Adults are black with yellow or orange with strikingly pointy forewings. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, mainly in the pattern of the hindwing. In males, there is a white area along the frontal edge, while this is absent in females.
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