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

Dismorphiinae (or mimic sulfurs) 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

• Dismorphia Hübner, 1816
• Enantia Hübner, [1819]
• Lieinix Gray, 1832
• Leptidea Billberg, 1820
• Moschoneura Butler, 1870
• Patia Klots, 1933
• Pseudopieris Godman & Salvin, [1890]

External links

• Dismorphiinae at Tree of Life (with phylogenetic hypothesis)
• Dismorphiinae at Markku Savela's butterfly website
• Pteron Images of Dismorphiinae, in Japanese but with binomial names.