Melete lycimnia

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Melete lycimnia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Melete
Species:
M. lycimnia
Binomial name
Melete lycimnia
(Cramer, [1777]) [1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio lycimnia Cramer, [1777]
  • Mylothris agrippina Hübner, [1819]
  • Papilio flippantha Fabricius, 1793
  • Pieris limnoria Godart, [1819]
  • Mylothris pantoporia Hübner, [1833]
  • Daptonura hübneri Butler, 1896
  • Melete lycimnia pantoporia f. fiora Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Melete lycimnia pantoporia f. pertho Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Pieris isandra Boisduval, 1836
  • Daptonoura isandra
  • Melete isandra kleta Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Daptonura pedrosina Butler, 1877
  • Melete lycimnia iphigenia Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Melete lycimnia marica Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia donata f. bianca Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia maeotis Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Melete lycimnia donata Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Melete eurymnia f. asta Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia donata f. monica Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia maeotis f. radiata Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia myrtis Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia donata f. pseudomyrtis Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Daptonoura calymnia ab. leucoptera Apolinar, 1926
  • Daptonura[ sic ] florinda var. monstrosa Butler, 1875
  • Daptonoura panamensis Staudinger, 1876
  • Daptonoura panamensis var. anceps Staudinger, 1876
  • Melete lycimnia aelia f. pistoria Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Daptonoura lycimnia f. semiobscurata Weymer, [1914]
  • Daptonoura palaestra var. equadorica Strand, 1916
  • Melete lycimnia gargaphia Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Melete lycimnia gargaphia f. amarella Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Melete lycimnia petronia f. daulia Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia calymnia f. theodora Fruhtorfer, 1908
  • Daptonoura lycimnia f. paula Röber, 1909
  • Melete lycimnia marica f. moesia Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia aelia f. napona Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia maeotis f. velia Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Melete lycimnia narmia f. othoca Fruhstorfer, 1910

Melete lycimnia, the common melwhite, primrose flag or lycimnia white flag, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Texas in the United States to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests. [2]

The wingspan is 52–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in). [3] The appearance of the adults depends on the subspecies and ranges from a white ground colour, narrow black borders, and a yellow spot at the base of the hindwings (M. l. peruviana) to primrose yellow, with wide brown borders (M. l. lycimnia). In all subspecies, females are more yellowish. [2]

The larvae probably feed on Loranthaceae species. [2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: [1]

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