Pseudopieris nehemia

Clean mimic-white
Pseudopieris nehemia nehemia
Pseudopieris nehemia aequatorialis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pseudopieris
Species:	P. nehemia
Binomial name
Pseudopieris nehemia (Boisduval, 1836) [1]
Synonyms
Pieris nehemiaBoisduval, 1836 Dismorphia nehemia Leptalis cydnoDoubleday, 1842 Leptalis peniaHopffer, 1874

Pseudopieris nehemia, the clean mimic-white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to Brazil ^[1] and Argentina. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloudforests. ^[2]

The wingspan is 42–44 mm (1.7–1.7 in). ^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: ^[1]

• Pseudopieris nehemia nehemia (Brazil)
• Pseudopieris nehemia aequatorialis(C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Bolivia, Peru)
• Pseudopieris nehemia limbalisRöber, 1924 (Brazil: Pará)
• Pseudopieris nehemia prasinaHayward, 1949 (Argentina)
• Pseudopieris nehemia franciscaLamas, 1979 (Honduras)
• Pseudopieris nehemia irmaLamas, 1979 (Guatemala)
• Pseudopieris nehemia luisaLamas, 1979 (Panama)
• Pseudopieris nehemia melaniaLamas, 1985 (Peru)
• Pseudopieris nehemia jessicaLamas, 2004 (Peru)
• Pseudopieris nehemia marianaLamas, 2004 (Peru)

References

1. Pseudopieris, Site of Markku Savela
2. Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes ^[usurped]
3. Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)