Eroessa chiliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1830) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Eroessa chiliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)

Eroessa chiliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)

Eroessa is a monotypic Neotropical Pieridae butterfly genus endemic to Chile, holding only the species Eroessa chiliensis.

Family
Genus
Eroessa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Eroessa chiliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)

Eroessa is a Neotropical genus of butterflies that belongs to the family Pieridae. This genus is monotypic, meaning it contains only one species: Eroessa chiliensis, which is endemic to Chile.

Photo: (c) Daniel Stange, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Daniel Stange · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Eroessa

More from Pieridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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