Pseudopieris nehemia

Pseudopieris nehemia, the clean mimic-white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico to Brazil^[1] and Argentina. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloudforests.^[2]

Clean mimic-white
Pseudopieris nehemia nehemia
Pseudopieris nehemia aequatorialis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pseudopieris
Species:	P. nehemia
Binomial name
Pseudopieris nehemia (Boisduval, 1836)[1]
Synonyms
Pieris nehemia Boisduval, 1836 Dismorphia nehemia Leptalis cydno Doubleday, 1842 Leptalis penia Hopffer, 1874

The wingspan is 42–44 mm (1.7–1.7 in).^[3]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

• Pseudopieris nehemia nehemia (Brazil)
• Pseudopieris nehemia aequatorialis (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Bolivia, Peru)
• Pseudopieris nehemia limbalis Röber, 1924 (Brazil: Pará)
• Pseudopieris nehemia prasina Hayward, 1949 (Argentina)
• Pseudopieris nehemia francisca Lamas, 1979 (Honduras)
• Pseudopieris nehemia irma Lamas, 1979 (Guatemala)
• Pseudopieris nehemia luisa Lamas, 1979 (Panama)
• Pseudopieris nehemia melania Lamas, 1985 (Peru)
• Pseudopieris nehemia jessica Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
• Pseudopieris nehemia mariana Lamas, 2004 (Peru)