Hesperocharis

Hesperocharis is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are native to the Americas.

Hesperocharis
Hesperocharis hirlanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Anthocharini
Genus:	Hesperocharis C. Felder, 1862
Synonyms
Heliochroma Butler, 1869 Cunizza Grote, 1900

Species

• Hesperocharis anguitia (Godart, 1819)
• Hesperocharis costaricensis H. W. Bates, 1866 – Costa Rican white
• Hesperocharis crocea H. W. Bates, 1866 – orange white
• Hesperocharis emeris (Boisduval, 1836) – emeris White
• Hesperocharis erota (Lucas, 1852)
• Hesperocharis graphites H. W. Bates, 1864 – marbled white
• Hesperocharis hirlanda (Stoll, [1790])
• Hesperocharis leucania (Boisduval, 1836)
• Hesperocharis marchalii (Guérin-Méneville, [1844]) – Marchal's white
• Hesperocharis ñambii Salazar & Constantino, 2007
• Hesperocharis nera (Hewitson, 1852) – Nera white
• Hesperocharis nereina Hopffer, 1874 – nereina white
• Hesperocharis paranensis Schaus, 1898

References

• Lamas, Gerardo (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part4A Hesperioidea–Papilionoidea. Gainesville, Florida: Scientific Publishers, Inc. p. 108. ISBN 0-945417-28-4.
• Salazar Escobar, J. A.; Constantino, L. M. (January–December 2007). "Descripcion de nuevas especies de ropaloceros para Colombia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae)" [Description of new species of (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Ithomiinae, Riodinidae) in Colombia] (PDF). Boletin Cientifico del Centro de Museos (in Spanish). 11. University de Caldas: 167–186. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.

External links

• Savela, Markku. "Hesperocharis". funet.fi. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
• Warren, A. D.; et al. (2010). "Genus Hesperocharis". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 31 December 2010.