Overview
Dismorphiinae (or mimic sulfurs) is a subfamily of butterflies from the family . It consists of about 100 species in 7 genera, distributed mainly in the Neotropical region, of which only one species occurs in North America and one genus, Leptidea, in the Palaeartic region.
Genera of Dismorphiinae
- Dismorphia Hübner, 1816
- Enantia Hübner, [1819]
- Lieinix Gray, 1832
- Leptidea Billberg, 1820
- Moschoneura Butler, 1870
- Patia Klots, 1933
- Pseudopieris Godman & Salvin, [1890]
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Taxonomy
The Subfamily Dismorphiinae is a member of the Family Lycaenidae. Here is the complete "parentage" of Dismorphiinae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Subfamily: Dismorphiinae - Mimic-Whites
- Family: Lycaenidae
- Gossamer Winged Butterflies
- Infraorder: Heteroneura
- a genus of Longhorned Beetles (Cerambycidae)
- Order: Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758 - Butterflies and Moths
- Superorder: Amphiesmenoptera
- Cohort: Myoglossata
- Infraclass: Pterygota
- Winged Insects
- Subclass: Dicondylia
- Class: Insecta
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Insects
- Superclass: Panhexapoda
- Infraphylum: Atelocerata
Heymons, 1901
- Subphylum: Mandibulata
Snodgrass, 1938
- Phylum: Arthropoda
Latreille, 1829 - Arthropods
- Superphylum: Panarthropoda
Cuvier
- Infrakingdom: Ecdysozoa
Aguinaldo Et Al., 1997 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - ecdysozoans
- Branch: Protostomia
Grobben, 1908 - protostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Subfamily Dismorphiinae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (3): Dismorphia · Enantia · Leptidea
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 98 species and subspecies in the Subfamily Dismorphiinae.
Genera
Dismorphia
Enantia
A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]
Leptidea
Leptidea is a of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. They live in Europe and Asia. [more]
At least 97 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Leptidea.
More info about the Genus Leptidea may be found here.
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