Hesperocharis hirlanda
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Hesperocharis |
| Species: | H. hirlanda |
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Hesperocharis hirlanda (Stoll, [1790]) |
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Hesperocharis hirlanda, the Hirlanda white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia. The habitat consists of forested foothills in the eastern Andes and lowlands in the upper Amazon basin. It is found at altitudes between about 400 and 1,000 meters.
Adults feed on mineralised moisture.
The following subspecies are recognised:
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