Enantia melite

Enantia melite is a species of butterfly that is found from Central America to the Amazon Basin.[1] It has a wingspan of 48–52 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in), and is very variable.[1] It lives in cloud forest and transitional forest, at altitudes of 400–1,800 metres (1,300–5,900 ft).[2]

Enantia melite
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Enantia
Species:
E. melite
Binomial name
Enantia melite
Synonyms
  • Papilio melite Linnaeus, 1763
  • Leptalis melite
  • Dismorphia melite
  • Papilio licinia Cramer, [1777]
  • Papilio phronima Fabricius, 1793
  • Dismorphia colon Röber, 1909
  • Phalaena heteroclita Linnaeus, 1763 (nom. dub.)
  • Dismorphia theugenis ab. immaculata Zischka, 1951
  • Dismorphia theugenis ab. flavimaculata Zischka, 1951
  • Dismorphia theugenis ab. continuescens Zischka, 1951
  • Dismorphia melite defigurata Martin, [1923] (nom. nud.)
  • Dismorphia theugenis ab. juncta Dufrane, 1947
  • Enantia theugenis zischkai Baumann & Reissinger, 1969

Subspecies
  • E. m. melite (Surinam)
  • E. m. theugenis (Doubleday, 1848) (Bolivia, Peru)
  • E. m. linealis (Prüffer, 1922) (Peru)
  • E. m. vilma Lamas, 2004 (Brazil: Rondônia)
  • E. m. melite male
  • E. m. melite female
  • E. m. theugenis

References
  1. Jean-Claude Petit. "Enantia melite Linnaeus, 1763". Inventory of the Butterflies of Sangay National Park (Ecuador). Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  2. "Melite Mimic White. Enantia melite Linnaeus, 1763". Butterflies of the Andes. Retrieved February 8, 2011.

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