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Dismorphia zathoe

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ2094205 ↗
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Dismorphia zathoe, the zathoe mimic white is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1858. It is found in Central America and northern South America.

The wingspan is 22–25 mm (0.87–0.98 in).

The larvae feed on Inga species, including I. densiflora and I. venusta.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

D. z. zathoe (Colombia)

D. z. core (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)

D. z. othoe (Hewitson, 1867) (Ecuador, Colombia)

D. z. pallidula Butler & H. Druce, 1874 (Costa Rica, Panama)

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This entry incorporates text from “Dismorphia zathoe” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.