Dismorphiinae

Dismorphiinae
Leptidea sinapis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Dismorphiinae
Schatz , 1887

Dismorphiinae (or mimic sulphurs) is a subfamily of butterflies from the family Pieridae. 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

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