Perrhybris pamela
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Pamela
| image = PerrhybrispyrhaUps.jpg
| image_caption = Upperside of male
| image2 = PerrhybrispyrrhaUns.jpg
| image2_caption = Underside of male
| taxon = Perrhybris pamela
| authority = (Stoll, [1870])
| synonyms =
- Papilio pyrrha Fabricius, 1775
- Papilio iphigenia Schulze, 1776 (preocc. Cramer, 1775)
- Perrhybris eueidias Hübner, [1819]
- Mylothris alethina Butler, 1872
- Perrhybris ostrolenka Staudinger, 1884
- Pieris alethina
- Pieris malenka Hewitson, 1852
}}
Perrhybris pamela, the Pamela,{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090604211608/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Perrhybris%20pamela.htm Pamela]}}, Butterflies of Amazonia is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama, south to Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 metres.
Image:Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies Pieris I.jpg
The wingspan is {{convert|66|-|70|mm|abbr=on}}. It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with the female resembling some species of Heliconiini.
Larvae have been recorded on Capparis isthmensis and Capparis pittieri.
Subspecies
- P. p. pamela (Suriname)
- P. p. eleidias (Brazil (Espírito Santo, São Paulo))
- P. p. malenka (Venezuela)
- P. p. alethina (Costa Rica, Panama)
- P. p. flava
- P. p. bogotana (Colombia)
- P. p. amazonica (Peru)
- P. p. glessaria (Ecuador)
- P. p. carmenta (Peru, Bolivia)
- P. p. incisa (Brazil (Bahia))
- P. p. lucasi (French Guiana)
- P. p. fruhstorferi (Panama)
- P. p. boyi (Brazil (Amazonas))
- P. p. chajulensis (Mexico, Honduras)
- P. p. mapa (Mexico)
- P. p. bertha (Peru)
- P. p. mazuka (Peru)
There is also an undescribed subspecies from Costa Rica.
References
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External links
- [http://sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=86&lang=en Butterflies of the Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)]
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Category:Lepidoptera of French Guiana
Category:Lepidoptera of Brazil
Category:Pieridae of South America
Category:Taxa named by Caspar Stoll
Category:Butterflies described in 1870
Category:Butterflies of Central America
Category:Lepidoptera of Mexico
Category:Lepidoptera of Colombia
Category:Lepidoptera of Venezuela
Category:Lepidoptera of Ecuador
Category:Lepidoptera of Bolivia
Category:Lepidoptera of Honduras
Category:Lepidoptera of Costa Rica
Category:Lepidoptera of Panama
Category:Lepidoptera of Suriname
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