Dismorphia amphione
Species of butterfly
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Dismorphia amphione, the tiger mimic white, is a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico and the Caribbean down to Brazil and Bolivia.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Dismorphia |
| Species: | D. amphione |
| Binomial name | |
| Dismorphia amphione | |
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The wingspan is about 77 mm. It is an extremely variable species.[2]
The larvae feed on Inga species, including I. sapindoides and I. densiflora.
Dismorphia amphione mimics the ithomiine butterflies of the genus Mechanitis (M. lysimnia, M. polymnia, M. mazaeus, M. menapis) in colour pattern and in the slow regular flight.[3]
Subspecies
- D. a. amphione (Suriname)
- D. a. astynome (Dalman, 1823) (Brazil (São Paulo, Bahia, Minas Gerais), Argentina)
- D. a. praxinoe (Doubleday, 1844) (Mexico, from Panama to Colombia)
- D. a. beroe (Lucas, 1852) (Colombia)
- D. a. egaena (Bates, 1861) (Brazil (Amazonas))
- D. a. discrepans Butler, 1896 (Ecuador)
- D. a. rhomboidea Butler, 1896 (Ecuador, Peru)
- D. a. broomeae Butler, 1899 (Venezuela, Trinidad)
- D. a. meridionalis Röber, 1909 (Bolivia)
- D. a. daguana Bargmann, 1929 (Colombia, Ecuador)
- D. a. lupita Lamas, 1979 (Mexico)
- D. a. isolda Llorente, 1984 (Mexico)
- D. a. bertha Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
- D. a. mora Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
Gallery
D. a. amphione male
D. a. amphione female
D. a. discrepans male
D. a. discrepans female
D. a. astynome male
D. a. astynome female
D. a. praxinoe male
D. a. praxinoe female
