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''Melete lycimnia'', the Common Melwhite, Primrose Flag or Lycimnia White Flag, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Texas to Bolivia. The habitat consists of lowland rainforests.〔(Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes )〕 The wingspan is .〔(Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador) )〕 The appearance of the adults depends on the subspecies and ranges from a white ground colour, narrow black borders, and a yellow spot at the base of the hindwings (ssp. ''peruviana'') to primrose yellow, with wide brown borders (ssp. ''lycimnia''). In all subspecies, females are more yellowish.〔 The larvae probably feed on Loranthaceae species.〔 ==Subspecies== The following subspecies are recognised:〔 *''Melete lycimnia lycimnia'' (Surinam) *''Melete lycimnia flippantha'' (Fabricius, 1793) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais) *''Melete lycimnia isandra'' (Boisduval, 1836) (Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica) *''Melete lycimnia peruviana'' (Lucas, 1852) (Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas) *''Melete lycimnia aelia'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia) *''Melete lycimnia eurymnia'' (C. & R. Felder, 1865) (Colombia) *''Melete lycimnia monstrosa'' (Butler, 1875) (Panama) *''Melete lycimnia chagris'' (Staudinger, 1876) (Panama) *''Melete lycimnia harti'' (Butler, 1896) (Trinidad) *''Melete lycimnia latilimbata'' (Butler, 1896) (Ecuador) *''Melete lycimnia petronia'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul) *''Melete lycimnia phazania'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Bahia) *''Melete lycimnia theodori'' Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Amazonas) *''Melete lycimnia paulista'' Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Brazil: São Paulo) *''Melete lycimnia napona'' (Röber, 1909) (Ecuador, Peru) *''Melete lycimnia narmia'' Fruhstorfer, 1910 (Brazil: Mato Grosso) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melete lycimnia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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