Dismorphia zathoe

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Zathoe mimic white

| image = Dismorphia zathoe demeter.JPG

| image_caption = D. z. demeter

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| taxon = Dismorphia zathoe

| authority = (Hewitson, [1858]){{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=March 20, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/dismorphiinae/dismorphia/#zathoe |title=Dismorphia zathoe (Hewitson, 1858) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 8, 2020}}

| synonyms =

  • Leptalis zathoe Hewitson, [1858]
  • Dismorphia albimacula Röber, 1924
  • Dismorphia pallidula Butler & H. Druce, 1874
  • Papilio eribotes Linnaeus, 1758 (nom. dub.)
  • Dismorphia demeter confluens Apolinar, 1926 (nom. dub.)

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Dismorphia zathoe, the zathoe mimic white is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1858. It is found in Central America and northern South America.

The wingspan is {{convert|22|-|25|mm|abbr=on}}.

The larvae feed on Inga species, including I. densiflora and I. venusta.[http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3552&-Find Species of Costa Rica] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331144518/http://darnis.inbio.ac.cr/ubisen/FMPro?-DB=UBIPUB.fp3&-lay=WebAll&-error=norec.html&-Format=detail.html&-Op=eq&id=3552&-Find |date=March 31, 2012}}

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • D. z. zathoe (Colombia)
  • D. z. core (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
  • D. z. othoe (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Colombia)
  • D. z. pallidula Butler & H. Druce, 1874 (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • D. z. proserpina Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897 (Guyana)
  • D. z. demeter Röber, 1909 (Colombia)

Gallery

Image:Dismorphia_zathoe_othoe_male.JPG|D. z. othoe male

Image:Dismorphia_zathoe_othoe_female.JPG|D. z. othoe female

Image:Dismorphia_zathoe_pallidula_male.JPG|D. z. pallidula male

Image:Dismorphia_zathoe_pallidula_female.JPG|D. z. pallidula female

References