Perrhybris pamela

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Pamela
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Upperside of male
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Underside of male
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Perrhybris
Species:
P. pamela
Binomial name
Perrhybris pamela
(Stoll, [1870])
Synonyms
  • Papilio pyrrhaFabricius, 1775
  • Papilio iphigeniaSchulze, 1776 (preocc. Cramer, 1775)
  • Perrhybris eueidiasHübner, [1819]
  • Mylothris alethinaButler, 1872
  • Perrhybris ostrolenkaStaudinger, 1884
  • Pieris alethina
  • Pieris malenkaHewitson, 1852

Perrhybris pamela, the Pamela, [1] is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama, south to Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 metres.

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Figures 5 (male) and 6 (female) Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Pieris I.jpg
Figures 5 (male) and 6 (female)

The wingspan is 66–70 mm (2.6–2.8 in). It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with the female resembling some species of Heliconiini.

Larvae have been recorded on Capparis isthmensis and Capparis pittieri .

Subspecies

There is also an undescribed subspecies from Costa Rica.

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References

  1. Pamela, Butterflies of Amazonia