''Perrhybris pamela'', the Pamela,
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of the family

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. It is found from

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, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and

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, south to Colombia,

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, Suriname,

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, and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 metres. The

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is . It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with the female resembling some species of Heliconiini. Larvae have been recorded on '' Capparis isthmensis'' and '' Capparis pittieri''.

Subspecies

*''P. p. pamela'' (Suriname) *''P. p. eleidias'' (Brazil (Espírito Santo, São Paulo)) *''P. p. malenka'' (Venezuela) *''P. p. alethina'' (Costa Rica, Panama) *''P. p. flava'' *''P. p. bogotana'' (Colombia) *''P. p. amazonica'' (Peru) *''P. p. glessaria'' (Ecuador) *''P. p. carmenta'' (Peru, Bolivia) *''P. p. incisa'' (Brazil (Bahia)) *''P. p. lucasi'' (French Guiana) *''P. p. fruhstorferi'' (Panama) *''P. p. boyi'' (Brazil (Amazonas)) *''P. p. chajulensis'' (Mexico, Honduras) *''P. p. mapa'' (Mexico) *''P. p. bertha'' (Peru) *''P. p. mazuka'' (Peru) There is also an undescribed subspecies from Costa Rica.

References

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Butterflies of the Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
Pierini Lepidoptera of French Guiana Fauna of Brazil Pieridae of South America Taxa named by Caspar Stoll Butterflies described in 1870 Butterflies of North America {{Pieridae-stub