Lieinix nemesis, the Frosted Mimic-White, Nemesis Mimic White or Falcate Dismorphia, is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 in the Pieridae

Pieridae

The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...

 family. It is found from Mexico

Mexico

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 to Peru

Peru

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. The habitat consists of mid-elevation cloudforests.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 55 millimetre. Adults are sexually dimorphic. The upper surface of the male forewing is black and spotted with creamy white. The female forewing is white with a black apical area and a black streak across the discal cell.

The larvae probably feed on Inga

Inga

Inga is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. Ingas leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white...

species, including Inga mortoniana

Inga mortoniana

Inga mortoniana is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is found only in Costa Rica.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....

and Inga densiflora. Full-grown larvae are dark green and covered with short hairs. Pupation takes place in a green chrysalis which is attached to the stem of the host plant at an angle of 45 degrees.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• Lieinix nemesis nemesis (Ecuador)
• Lieinix nemesis nayaritensis Llorente, 1984 (Mexico)
• Lieinix nemesis atthis (Doubleday, 1842) (Mexico, El Salvador)