''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
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Enantia albania
''Enantia albania'', the costa-spotted mimic-white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is native to tropical Mexico and Central America, but rare strays have been reported from the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas. The habitat consists o ...
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(H.W. Bates, 1864) – costa-spotted mimic-white
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Enantia aloikea
''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 ...
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Brévignon, 1993
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Enantia citrinella
''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' ...
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(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861)
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Enantia clarissa
''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'' ...
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(Weymer, 1895)
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Enantia jethys
''Enantia jethys'', the jethys mimic white or bold mimic white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mexico and Guatemala
Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), i ...
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(Boisduval, 1836) – jethys mimic-white
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Enantia limnorina
''Enantia limnorina'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At ...
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(C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
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Enantia lina
''Enantia lina'', the white mimic white or lina mimic white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to most of South America.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
*''E. l. lina'' (Herbst, 1792)
*''E. l ...
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(Herbst, 1792) – white mimic-white
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Enantia mazai''
Llorente, 1984 – De la Maza's mimic-white
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Enantia melite
''Enantia melite'' is a species of butterfly that is found from Central America to the Amazon Basin. It has a wingspan of , and is very variable. It lives in cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropic ...
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(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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