Moschoneura
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Pieridae
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Moschoneura Butler, 1870[1] |
| Species: | M. pinthous |
| Binomial name | |
| Moschoneura pinthous | |
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Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini butterfly species.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- M. p. pinthous (Suriname)
- M. p. methymna (Godart, 1819) (Brazil)
- M. p. cyra (Doubleday, 1844) (Brazil: Bahia)
- M. p. ela (Hewitson, 1877) (Ecuador)
- M. p. ithomia (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Peru)
- M. p. amelina (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru)
- M. p. proxima (Röber, 1924) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- M. p. patricia Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
- M. p. monica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
Gallery
M. p. pinthous
M. p. amelina male
M. p. amelina female
M. p. ithomia
M. p. methymna
