Pseudopieris nehemia

Nemia

Family: Pieridae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Puerto Iguazú

Description

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

The wingspan is .

Subspecies: The following subspecies are recognised:

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)

Source: Wikipedia, article Pseudopieris nehemia. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 15/07/2026.