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Hesperocharis

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Hesperocharis is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyPieridae
Observations694
Observations recorded3,890

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
42
With media
16
Family
Pieridae
Collections
NMSU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM, NHMUK, USNM, FMNH
Recorded in
Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthocharini
Image
Hesperocharishirlanda.jpg
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Category:Hesperocharis
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Hesperocharis
taxon name
Hesperocharis
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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Hesperocharis is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

==Species== Hesperocharis anguitia (Godart, 1819) Hesperocharis costaricensis H. W. Bates, 1866 – Costa Rican white Hesperocharis crocea H. W. Bates, 1866 – orange white Hesperocharis emeris (Boisduval, 1836) – emeris White Hesperocharis erota (Lucas, 1852) Hesperocharis graphites H. W. Bates, 1864 – marbled white Hesperocharis hirlanda (Stoll, [1790]) Hesperocharis leucania (Boisduval, 1836) Hesperocharis marchalii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) – Marchal's white Hesperocharis ñambii Salazar & Constantino, 2007 Hesperocharis nera (Hewitson, 1852) – Nera white Hesperocharis nereina Hopffer, 1874 – nereina white Hesperocharis paranensis Schaus, 1898

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