''Hesperocharis hirlanda'', the Hirlanda white, is a

butterfly 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 family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...

. It is found in

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Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and

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. The habitat consists of forested foothills in the eastern Andes and lowlands in the upper Amazon basin. It is found at altitudes between about 400 and 1,000 meters.Butterflies of the Andes
/ref> Adults feed on mineralised moisture.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''H. h. hirlanda'' (Brazil: Amazonas) *''H. h. helvia'' (Latreille,

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(Mexico) *''H. h. fulvinota'' Butler, 1871 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro) *''H. h. apicalis'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Ecuador, Colombia) *''H. h. niaguida'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Peru) *''H. h. praeclara'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Espírito Santo) *''H. h. serda'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Colombia) *''H. h. minturna'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Venezuela) *''H. h. planasia'' (Fruhstorfer, 1910) (Brazil: Mato Grosso)

References

Anthocharini Butterflies described in 1790 Fauna of Brazil Pieridae of South America Taxa named by Caspar Stoll {{Pieridae-stub