''Moschoneura'' is a

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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

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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 contains only one species, ''Moschoneura pinthous'', the pinthous mimic white, which is found in northern

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

. Adults mimic ''

Scada karschina ''Scada karschina'' is a species of clearwing ( ithomiine) butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, native to Brazil. Description Upperside. Antennae black. Head black, with small white spots. Neck orange. Thorax black, with grey marks. Abdomen b ...

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Ithomiini Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. It is sometimes referred to as the tribe of clearwing butterflies or glasswing butterflies. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily (Ithomiinae). These butterflies are ...

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''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

Image:Moschoneura pinthous ill.JPG, ''M. p. pinthous'' Image:Moschoneura pinthous amelina.JPG, ''M. p. amelina'' male Image:Moschoneura pinthous amelina_female.JPG, ''M. p. amelina'' female Image:Moschoneura pinthous ithomia.JPG, ''M. p. ithomia'' Image:Moschoneura pinthous methymna.JPG, ''M. p. methymna''

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External links

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Consortium for the Barcode of Life The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...

Butterflies described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Dismorphiinae Pieridae of South America Monotypic butterfly genera Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler Pieridae genera {{Pieridae-stub