Biology:Enantia

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Pieridae

Enantia
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Enantia melite
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Dismorphiinae
Genus: Enantia
Hübner, [1819]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Licinia Swainson, 1820

Enantia is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas.

Species

  • Enantia albania (H.W. Bates, 1864) – costa-spotted mimic-white
  • Enantia aloikea Brévignon, 1993
  • Enantia citrinella (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861)
  • Enantia clarissa (Weymer, 1895)
  • Enantia jethys (Boisduval, 1836) – jethys mimic-white
  • Enantia limnorina (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
  • Enantia lina (Herbst, 1792) – white mimic-white
  • Enantia mazai Llorente, 1984 – De la Maza's mimic-white
  • Enantia melite (Linnaeus, 1763)

References

  • Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. pp. 100–101. ISBN 0-945417-28-4. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1304287 entry