Moschoneura
Encyclopedia
Moschoneura is a genus
of butterflies
in the family
Pieridae
. It contains only one species, the Pinthous Mimic White (Moschoneura pinthous), which is found in northern South America
.
Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini
species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
. It contains only one species, the Pinthous Mimic White (Moschoneura pinthous), which is found in northern South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
.
Adults mimic Scada karschina and other Ithomiini
Ithomiini
Ithomiini is a butterfly tribe in the nymphalid subfamily Danainae. Some authors consider the group to be a subfamily . These butterflies are exclusively Neotropical, found in humid forests from sea-level to 3000 m, from the southwestern United States to Argentina...
species.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:- Moschoneura pinthous pinthous (Surinam)
- Moschoneura pinthous methymna (Godart, 1819) (Brazil)
- Moschoneura pinthous cyra (Doubleday, 1844) (Brazil: Bahia)
- Moschoneura pinthous ela (Hewitson, 1877) (Ecuador)
- Moschoneura pinthous ithomia (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Peru)
- Moschoneura pinthous amelina (Hopffer, 1874) (Peru)
- Moschoneura pinthous proxima (Röber, 1924) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- Moschoneura pinthous patricia Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
- Moschoneura pinthous monica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)