Melete lycimnia, the common melwhite, primrose flag or lycimnia white flag, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Texas in the United States to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.[2]
Melete lycimnia pantoporia f. fiora Fruhstorfer, 1907
Melete lycimnia pantoporia f. pertho Fruhstorfer, 1907
Pieris isandra Boisduval, 1836
Daptonoura isandra
Melete isandra kleta Fruhstorfer, 1907
Daptonura pedrosina Butler, 1877
Melete lycimnia iphigenia Fruhstorfer, 1907
Melete lycimnia marica Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia donata f. bianca Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia maeotis Fruhstorfer, 1907
Melete lycimnia donata Fruhstorfer, 1907
Melete eurymnia f. asta Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia donata f. monica Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia maeotis f. radiata Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia myrtis Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia donata f. pseudomyrtis Fruhstorfer, 1908
Daptonoura calymnia ab. leucoptera Apolinar, 1926
Daptonura [sic] florinda var. monstrosa Butler, 1875
Daptonoura panamensis Staudinger, 1876
Daptonoura panamensis var. anceps Staudinger, 1876
Melete lycimnia aelia f. pistoria Fruhstorfer, 1908
Daptonoura lycimnia f. semiobscurata Weymer, [1914]
Daptonoura palaestra var. equadorica Strand, 1916
Melete lycimnia gargaphia Fruhstorfer, 1907
Melete lycimnia gargaphia f. amarella Fruhstorfer, 1907
Melete lycimnia petronia f. daulia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia calymnia f. theodora Fruhtorfer, 1908
Daptonoura lycimnia f. paula Röber, 1909
Melete lycimnia marica f. moesia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia aelia f. napona Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia maeotis f. velia Fruhstorfer, 1908
Melete lycimnia narmia f. othoca Fruhstorfer, 1910
The wingspan is 52–56 mm (2.0–2.2 in).[3] The appearance of the adults depends on the subspecies and ranges from a white ground colour, narrow black borders, and a yellow spot at the base of the hindwings (M. l. peruviana) to primrose yellow, with wide brown borders (M. l. lycimnia). In all subspecies, females are more yellowish.[2]
melete, lycimnia, common, melwhite, primrose, flag, lycimnia, white, flag, butterfly, family, pieridae, found, from, texas, united, states, bolivia, habitat, consists, lowland, rainforests, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, ar. Melete lycimnia the common melwhite primrose flag or lycimnia white flag is a butterfly in the family Pieridae It is found from Texas in the United States to Bolivia The habitat consists of lowland rainforests 2 Melete lycimniaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily PieridaeGenus MeleteSpecies M lycimniaBinomial nameMelete lycimnia Cramer 1777 1 SynonymsPapilio lycimnia Cramer 1777 Mylothris agrippina Hubner 1819 Papilio flippantha Fabricius 1793 Pieris limnoria Godart 1819 Mylothris pantoporia Hubner 1833 Daptonura hubneri Butler 1896 Melete lycimnia pantoporia f fiora Fruhstorfer 1907 Melete lycimnia pantoporia f pertho Fruhstorfer 1907 Pieris isandra Boisduval 1836 Daptonoura isandra Melete isandra kleta Fruhstorfer 1907 Daptonura pedrosina Butler 1877 Melete lycimnia iphigenia Fruhstorfer 1907 Melete lycimnia marica Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia donata f bianca Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia maeotis Fruhstorfer 1907 Melete lycimnia donata Fruhstorfer 1907 Melete eurymnia f asta Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia donata f monica Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia maeotis f radiata Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia myrtis Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia donata f pseudomyrtis Fruhstorfer 1908 Daptonoura calymnia ab leucoptera Apolinar 1926 Daptonura sic florinda var monstrosa Butler 1875 Daptonoura panamensis Staudinger 1876 Daptonoura panamensis var anceps Staudinger 1876 Melete lycimnia aelia f pistoria Fruhstorfer 1908 Daptonoura lycimnia f semiobscurata Weymer 1914 Daptonoura palaestra var equadorica Strand 1916 Melete lycimnia gargaphia Fruhstorfer 1907 Melete lycimnia gargaphia f amarella Fruhstorfer 1907 Melete lycimnia petronia f daulia Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia calymnia f theodora Fruhtorfer 1908 Daptonoura lycimnia f paula Rober 1909 Melete lycimnia marica f moesia Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia aelia f napona Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia maeotis f velia Fruhstorfer 1908 Melete lycimnia narmia f othoca Fruhstorfer 1910The wingspan is 52 56 mm 2 0 2 2 in 3 The appearance of the adults depends on the subspecies and ranges from a white ground colour narrow black borders and a yellow spot at the base of the hindwings M l peruviana to primrose yellow with wide brown borders M l lycimnia In all subspecies females are more yellowish 2 The larvae probably feed on Loranthaceae species 2 Subspecies editThe following subspecies are recognised 1 M l lycimnia Suriname M l flippantha Fabricius 1793 Brazil Rio de Janeiro Espirito Santo Minas Gerais M l isandra Boisduval 1836 Mexico Honduras Costa Rica M l peruviana Lucas 1852 Peru Bolivia Brazil Amazonas M l aelia C amp R Felder 1861 Ecuador Colombia Peru Bolivia M l eurymnia C amp R Felder 1865 Colombia M l monstrosa Butler 1875 Panama M l chagris Staudinger 1876 Panama M l harti Butler 1896 Trinidad M l latilimbata Butler 1896 Ecuador M l petronia Fruhstorfer 1907 Brazil Santa Catarina Rio Grande do Sul M l phazania Fruhstorfer 1907 Brazil Bahia M l theodori Fruhstorfer 1907 Brazil Amazonas M l paulista Fruhstorfer 1908 Brazil Sao Paulo M l napona Rober 1909 Ecuador Peru M l narmia Fruhstorfer 1910 Brazil Mato Grosso References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melete lycimnia nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Melete lycimnia a b Melete Site of Markku Savela a b c Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes Parque Nacional Sangay Ecuador nbsp This Pieridae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Melete lycimnia amp oldid 1007190888, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
