Dismorphiinae is a subfamily of whites. About 100 species of butterflies.
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 Lepidopterological collection of representatives of the subfamily | ||||||||||||||
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| Dismorphiinae Schatz , 1887 |
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Description
Butterflies of small (in the Palearctic) and medium sizes, as a rule, are lightly colored. Antenna with various types of maces. All radial veins have a common trunk. Three veins (R1, R2, R3) extend to the costal margin of the fore wing, R4 extends to the apex, and R5 extends to the outer margin. On the hind wing, the radial vein Rs and the medial vein M1 share a common trunk [1] .
Spread
Neotropics (most of the species), the Nearctic (1 species) and the Palearctic (1 genus Leptidea is represented).
Systematics
The subfamily includes: [2]
- Dismorphia HΓΌbner, 1816
- Enantia HΓΌbner, 1819
- Leptidea Billberg, 1820
- Lieinix Gray, 1832
- Moschoneura Butler, 1870
- Patia Klots, 1933
- Pseudopieris Godman & Salvin, 1890
Notes
- β Ivy I.G., Morgun D.V., Dovgaylo K.E., Rubin N.I., Solodovnikov I.A. Day butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, Lepidoptera) of Eastern Europe. CD identifier, database and software package βLysandraβ. - Minsk, Kiev, Moscow, 2005.
- β BioLib Taxonomy of the subfamily Dismorphiinae