Dismorphia laja

Dismorphia laja
Dismorphia laja carthesis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Dismorphia
Species:	D. laja
Binomial name
Dismorphia laja (Cramer, [1779])[1]
Synonyms
Papilio laja Cramer, [1779] Papilio laia Dismorphia mechanitina Röber, 1924

Dismorphia laja is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in northern South America.^[1]

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are black with cream bands and mimic Heliconius wallacei, while females are orange, yellow and black, and mimic species of the "tiger-complex" Ithomiines.^[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

• Dismorphia laja laja (Surinam)
• Dismorphia laja lysianax (Hewitson, [1860]) (Peru)
• Dismorphia laja tapajona (Bates, 1861) (Brazil: Pará, Rondônia)
• Dismorphia laja carthesis (Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador, Guyana)
• Dismorphia laja tricolor Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897 (Colombia)
• Dismorphia laja jurua Röber, 1924 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• Dismorphia laja spectabilis Avinoff, 1926 (Bolivia)
• Dismorphia laja koenigi Baumann & Reissinger, 1969 (Peru)
• Dismorphia laja rosina Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

Gallery

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  Dismorphia laja lysianax

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  Dismorphia laja tricolor

References

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