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Perrhybris pamela (White butterfly)

Synonyms: Mylothris alethina; Papilio pyrrha; Perrhybris boyi; Perrhybris pyrrha ostrolenka

Wikipedia Abstract

Perrhybris pamela, the Pamela, is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found from Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama, south to Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 metres. The wingspan is 66–70 mm (2.6–2.8 in). It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with the female resembling some species of Heliconiini. Larvae have been recorded on Capparis isthmensis and Capparis pittieri.
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Prey / Diet

Capparidastrum frondosum[1]
Preslianthus pittieri[1]
Quadrella cynophallophora[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0