Hesperocharis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Pieridae
Subfamilia: Pierinae
Tribus: Anthocharini
Genus: Hesperocharis
Species: H. anguitia – H. costaricensis – H. crocea – H. emeris – H. erota – H. graphites – H. hirlanda – H. leucania – H. marchalii – H. nambii – H. nera – H. nereina – H. paranensis
Name

Hesperocharis Felder, 1862

Type species: Pieris erota Lucas, 1852
Synonyms

Heliochroma Butler, 1869

References

Salazar, E, J.A. & Constantino, L.M., 2007: New species of (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae) in Colombia. Boletín Científico Museo de Historia Natural de Caldas, 11 (1): 167–186. Full article: [1]

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

References

Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 108. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
Salazar Escobar, J. A.; Constantino, L. M. (January–December 2007). "Descripcion de nuevas especies de ropaloceros para Colombia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae)" [Description of new species of (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae) in Colombia] (PDF). Boletin Cientifico del Centro de Museos (in Spanish). University de Caldas. 11: 167–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

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Savela, Markku. "Hesperocharis". funet.fi. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
Warren, A. D.; et al. (2010). "Genus: Hesperocharis". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 31 December 2010.