Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866 is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866 (Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866)
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Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866

Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866

Hesperocharis costaricensis is a Pieridae butterfly ranging from Mexico through Central America to Venezuela, with two flight seasons in Mexico.

Family
Genus
Hesperocharis
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866

Hesperocharis costaricensis Bates, 1866, commonly known as the pallid tilewhite or Costa Rican white, is a butterfly species that belongs to the Pieridae family. This butterfly is distributed from Mexico, through Central America, to Venezuela. In Mexico, adult butterflies have two active flight periods: from February to March, and again from June to July.

Photo: (c) Ale Türkmen (The Butterfly Project Mexico), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Ale Türkmen (The Butterfly Project Mexico) · cc-by-nc-nd

Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Pieridae › Hesperocharis

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

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