''Enantia'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the subfamily
Dismorphiinae
Dismorphiinae, the mimic sulphurs, is a subfamily of butterflies from the family Pieridae. It consists of about 100 species in seven genera, distributed mainly in the Neotropical region, of which only one species occurs in North America and one ge ...
. They are native to the
Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World.
Along with th ...
.
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
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External links
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images representing ''Enantia'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Dismorphiinae
Pieridae of South America
Pieridae genera
Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
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