Dismorphiinae, the mimic sulphurs, is a subfamily of butterflies from 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 Le ...

. It consists of about 100 species in seven genera, distributed mainly in the

Neotropical region The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeo ...

, of which only one species occurs in North America and one genus, ''

Leptidea ''Leptidea'' is a genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia. The genus contains the following species: *'' Leptidea amurensis'' Ménétriés, 1859 *'' Leptidea darvazensis'' Bolshakov, 2004 C ...

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Genera

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Dismorphia ''Dismorphia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. List of species * '' Dismorphia altis'' Fassl, 1910 * '' Dismorphia amphione'' (Cramer, 1779) * '' Dismorphia arcadia'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) * '' Dismorphia astyo ...

'' Hübner, 1816 * ''

Enantia ''Enantia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South ...

'' Hübner, 819/small> * ''

Lieinix ''Lieinix'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. It is native to the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South Am ...

'' Gray, 1832 * ''

'' Billberg, 1820 * ''

Moschoneura ''Moschoneura'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It contains only one species, ''Moschoneura pinthous'', the pinthous mimic white, which is found in northern South America. Adults mimic '' Scada karschina'' and other Ithomiini ...

'' Butler, 1870 * ''

Patia ''Patia'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas. Species * ''Patia cordillera'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) * ''Patia orise'' (Boisduval, 1836) * ''Patia rhetes'' (Hewitson, 857 __NO ...

'' Klots, 1933 * ''

Pseudopieris ''Pseudopieris'' is a genus of butterflies in the subfamily Dismorphiinae. They are native to the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and ...

'' Godman & Salvin,

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External links

Dismorphiinae at Tree of Life
(with phylogenetic hypothesis)

at Markku Savela's butterfly website
Images representing Dismorphiinae at EOL

Images of Dismorphiinae, in Japanese but with

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names.
Mariposas Mexicanas
Images of Mexican Dismorphiinae

Gallery

Mimicry by ''Patia orisse'' *

Julius Röber Johannes Karl Max "Julius" Röber (1861–1942) was a German entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. Röber lived in Dresden. He described many new species and genera (taxa). Works *Parts of Staudinger, O., and Schatz, E. (Eds.) (1884� ...

, in Seitz, A. (1907) ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World'' 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Pieridae 53-11
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* Pieridae of South America Taxa named by Ernst Schatz Butterfly subfamilies {{Pieridae-stub