Enantia lina

Short description: Species of butterfly

Enantia lina

Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Pieridae
Genus:  | Enantia
Species:  |

E. lina

Binomial name
Enantia lina

(Herbst, 1792)[1]

Synonyms

* Papilio lina Herbst, 1792
* Papilio psamanthe Fabricius, 1793
* Leptalis isodrita Boisduval, 1836
* Leptalis dilis Boisduval, 1836
* Leptalis kollari Doubleday, 1847 (nom. nud.)
* Leptalis kollari Lucas, 1852
* Leptalis kollari Reakirt, 1865 (preocc.)
* Dismorphia acutipennis f. disjuncta Röber, 1909
* Dismorphia delia Schweizer & Kay, 1941
* Dismorphia psamathe ab. joannisi Dufrane, 1947
* Enantia licinia punctalara Anken, 1995 (hyb.)
* Leptalis mercenaria C. & R. Felder, 1861
* Dismorphia acutipennis f. llerasi Apolinar, 1926
* Dismorphia cretacea Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897
* Dismorphia cretacea rovya (Martin, [1923]) (nom. nud.)
* Dismorphia cretacea vessela Martin, [1923] (nom. nud.)
* Enantia licinia licinia f. carnosa Baumann & Reissinger, 1969
* Enantia versicolora eva Reissinger, 1970
* Enantia versicolora elongata Reissinger, 1970
* Enantia acutipennis Butler, 1896
* Enantia marion Godman & Salvin, [1889]
* Dismorphia mercenaria versicolora f. carnosa Fruhstorfer, 1912
* Enantia licinia hoffmanni Llorente, 1984 (preocc.)

Enantia lina, the white mimic white or lina mimic white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to most of South America.[1]

## Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

* E. l. lina (Herbst, 1792)
* E. l. psamathe (Fabricius, 1793) (Uruguay, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Rio Grande do Sul, Mato Grosso do Sul)
* E. l. mercenaria (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Panama, Venezuela, Colombia)
* E. l. aphrodite (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Brazil: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais)
* E. l. galanthis (Bates, 1861) (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas)
* E. l. acutipennis Butler, 1896 (Trinidad)
* E. l. marion Godman & Salvin, [1889] (Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama)
* E. l. versicolora (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Brazil: Pernambuco)
* E. l. virna Lamas, 2003 (Mexico)

## Gallery

* E. l. aphrodite male

* E. l. aphrodite female

* E. l. psamanthe male

* E. l. psamanthe female

* E. l. mercenaria male

* E. l. mercenaria female

* E. l. marion male

* E. l. marion female

## References

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1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Enantia, Site of Markku Savela

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