Moschoneura

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Pinthous mimic white
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Moschoneura
Butler, 1870 [1]
Species:
M. pinthous
Binomial name
Moschoneura pinthous
Synonyms
  • Papilio pinthousLinnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio eumeliaCramer, 1780
  • Papilio voculaStoll, 1781
  • Pieris enodiaGodart, 1819 (repl. name)
  • Pieris methymnaGodart, [1819]
  • Moschoneura theapinaButler, 1899
  • Dismorphia ithomia douglasinaBryk, 1953
  • Leptalis amelinaHopffer, 1874
  • Dismorphia pinthaeus gracilisAvinoff, 1926
  • Dismorphia pintharus proxima f. obscuraMeier-Ramel, 1928

Moschoneura is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, Moschoneura pinthous, the pinthous mimic white, which is found in northern South America.

Contents

Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini butterfly species. [2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: [1]

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