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Enantia melite
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Enantia
Species:	E. melite
Binomial name
Enantia melite (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
Papilio melite Linnaeus, 1763 Leptalis melite Dismorphia melite Papilio licinia Cramer, Papilio phronima Fabricius, 1793 Dismorphia colon Röber, 1909 Phalaena heteroclita Linnaeus, 1763 (nom. dub.) Dismorphia theugenis ab. immaculata Zischka, 1951 Dismorphia theugenis ab. flavimaculata Zischka, 1951 Dismorphia theugenis ab. continuescens Zischka, 1951 Dismorphia melite defigurata Martin, (nom. nud.) Dismorphia theugenis ab. juncta Dufrane, 1947 Enantia theugenis zischkai Baumann & Reissinger, 1969

Enantia melite is a species of butterfly that is found from Central America to the Amazon Basin. It has a wingspan of 48–52 millimetres (1.9–2.0 in), and is very variable. It lives in cloud forest and transitional forest, at altitudes of 400–1,800 metres (1,300–5,900 ft).

Subspecies

• E. m. melite (Surinam)
• E. m. theugenis (Doubleday, 1848) (Bolivia, Peru)
• E. m. linealis (Prüffer, 1922) (Peru)
• E. m. vilma Lamas, 2004 (Brazil: Rondônia)

Gallery

• E. m. melite male
• E. m. melite female
• E. m. theugenis

References

1. ^ Jean-Claude Petit. "Enantia melite Linnaeus, 1763". Inventory of the Butterflies of Sangay National Park (Ecuador). Retrieved February 8, 2011.
2. "Melite Mimic White. Enantia melite Linnaeus, 1763". Butterflies of the Andes. Retrieved February 8, 2011.

External links

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