Neophasia
Encyclopedia
Neophasia is a genus
of pierid
butterflies
found in the North America
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of pierid
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...
butterflies
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...
found in the North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
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Species
- Neophasia menapiaNeophasia menapiaThe Pine White is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in western USA and in southern British Columbia.It is mostly white with black vines and wing bars...
(Felder, C & R Felder, 1859) - Neophasia terlooiiNeophasia terlooiiNeophasia terlooii, the Chiricahua White, Chiricahua White or Chiricahua Pine White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in New Mexico, the high mountains of Arizona, south into Mexico. The habitat consists of pine forests.The wingspan is . Males are white and resemble Neophasia...
Behr, 1869