Dismorphia thermesia

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Pretty Mimic White
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Dismorphia
Species: D. thermesia
Binomial name
Dismorphia thermesia
(Godart, 1819)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris thermesia Godart, 1819

The Pretty Mimic White (Dismorphia thermesia) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Guyana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and western Bolivia. The habitat consists of transitional rainforests and cloudforests.[2]

The wingspan is about 50–57 mm (2.0–2.2 in)[3] Adult males have a prominent black bar on the upperside of the forewings, extending from the basal area to the end of the discal cell. Females lack this bar and have more rounded wings.[2]

References

  1. Dismorphia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. 2.0 2.1 Dismorphia thermesia, Butterflies of the Andes
  3. Field Museum


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