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Melete lycimnia
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 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 habitat consists of lowland rainforests.
Spotted on Jul 9, 2013
Submitted on Aug 25, 2013
2 Comments
thanks LandmarkExpert for your interest.
i thought at first pieris rapae, but then noticed the brown patch on upper wing