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Melete lycimnia

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Field Notes

Description:

Melete lycimnia, the Common Melwhite, Primrose Flag or Lycimnia White Flag, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Texas to Bolivia.

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 (ssp. peruviana) to primrose yellow, with wide brown borders (ssp. lycimnia). In all subspecies, females are more yellowish.

Habitat:

The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.

Reference Links:

Melete lycimnia, Butterflies of Amazonia - Melete lycimnia

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
pamsai
thanks LandmarkExpert for your interest.
Caleb Steindel
i thought at first pieris rapae, but then noticed the brown patch on upper wing

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PublishedAugust 25, 2013

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