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Patia cordillera

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Species of butterfly

Patia cordillera
Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Patia
Species: P. cordillera
Binomial name
Patia cordillera
(C. & R. Felder, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Leptalis cordillera C. & R. Felder, 1862
  • Dismorphia cordillera
  • Dismorphia sororna Butler, 1872
  • Dismorphia myris Godman & Salvin,
  • Dismorphia erica Bargmann, 1929 (nom. nud.)

Patia cordillera is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Costa Rica to Colombia and Ecuador.

The wingspan is about 80 mm (3.1 in).

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • P. c. cordillera (Colombia)
  • P. c. larunda (Hewitson, 1869) (Ecuador)
  • P. c. sororna (Butler, 1872) (Costa Rica, Panama)
  • P. c. thecla (Bargmann, 1929) (Colombia)

Gallery

  • P. c. larunda P. c. larunda
  • P. c. sororna male P. c. sororna male
  • P. c. sororna female P. c. sororna female

References

  1. ^ Patia, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
Taxon identifiers
Patia cordillera


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