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Dismorphia spio

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Species of butterfly

Dismorphia spio
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Dismorphia
Species: D. spio
Binomial name
Dismorphia spio
(Godart, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Pieris spio Godart,

Dismorphia spio, the Hispaniolan mimic-white or Haitian mimic, is a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found on Hispaniola and in Puerto Rico.

Male of the yellow form

This species mimics Heliconius charitonius.

The wingspan is 50–60 mm.

References

  1. Dismorphia at funet
Taxon identifiers
Dismorphia spio
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