Moschoneura

Pinthous mimic white
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Moschoneura
Butler, 1870[1]
Species: M. pinthous
Binomial name
Moschoneura pinthous
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Papilio pinthous Linnaeus, 1758
  • Papilio eumelia Cramer, 1780
  • Papilio vocula Stoll, 1781
  • Pieris enodia Godart, 1819 (repl. name)
  • Pieris methymna Godart, [1819]
  • Moschoneura theapina Butler, 1899
  • Dismorphia ithomia douglasina Bryk, 1953
  • Leptalis amelina Hopffer, 1874
  • Dismorphia pinthaeus gracilis Avinoff, 1926
  • Dismorphia pintharus proxima f. obscura Meier-Ramel, 1928

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 butterfly species.[2]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

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