Dismorphia amphione: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Dismorphia
- Species
- Dismorphia amphione
- Scientific Name
- Dismorphia amphione
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dismorphia amphione
Dismorphia amphione, the tiger mimic white, is a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico and the Caribbean down to Brazil and Bolivia.
The wingspan is about 77 mm. It is an extremely variable species.
The larvae feed on Inga species, including I. sapindoides and I. densiflora.
Dismorphia amphione mimics the ithomiine butterflies of the genus Mechanitis (M. lysimnia, M. polymnia, M. mazaeus, M. menapis) in colour pattern and in the slow regular flight.
...Dismorphia amphione in languages:
- English
- Tiger Mimic-White
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dismorphia altis
- Dismorphia amphione
- Dismorphia arcadia
- Dismorphia astyocha
- Dismorphia boliviana
- Dismorphia buchtieni
- Dismorphia crisia
- Dismorphia cubana
- Dismorphia eunoe
- Dismorphia hyposticta
- Dismorphia laja
- Dismorphia lelex
- Dismorphia lewyi
- Dismorphia lua
- Dismorphia lygdamis
- Dismorphia lysis
- Dismorphia manuelita
- Dismorphia medora
- Dismorphia medorilla
- Dismorphia melia
- Dismorphia mirandola
- Dismorphia nemesis
- Dismorphia niepelti
- Dismorphia orise
- Dismorphia pimpla
- Dismorphia spio
- Dismorphia teresa
- Dismorphia thermesia
- Dismorphia thermesina
- Dismorphia theucharila
- Dismorphia zaela
- Dismorphia zathoe
Child Taxa
- Dismorphia amphione amphione
- Dismorphia amphione astynome
- Dismorphia amphione beroe
- Dismorphia amphione bertha
- Dismorphia amphione broomeae
- Dismorphia amphione daguana
- Dismorphia amphione discrepans
- Dismorphia amphione egaena
- Dismorphia amphione isolda
- Dismorphia amphione lupita
- Dismorphia amphione meridionalis
- Dismorphia amphione mora
- Dismorphia amphione praxinoe
- Dismorphia amphione rhomboidea




















































































































