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Species Melete lycimnia - Common Melwhite - Hodges#4190.5

Common Melwhite - Melete lycimnia
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)
Subfamily Pierinae (Whites)
Tribe Pierini (Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses)
Genus Melete
Species lycimnia (Common Melwhite - Hodges#4190.5)
Hodges Number
4190.5
Other Common Names
Creamy White - BOA
Explanation of Names
Melete lycimnia (Cramer, 1777)
Range
s. TX (as stray) to Panama - Map - (BOA,MPG)
Remarks
First U.S. Record: Mission, Hidalgo Co., TX - November 20, 2004 (Jan Dauphin)