Hesperocharis nera

Hesperocharis nera, the Nera white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Trinidad, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Suriname, the Guianas, Brazil and Bolivia.

Hesperocharis nera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Hesperocharis
Species:	H. nera
Binomial name
Hesperocharis nera (Hewitson, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
Pieris nera Hewitson, 1852 Hesperocharis nera nera f. flaveola Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hesperocharis nereis C. & R. Felder, 1865 Hesperocharis nera nilios Fruhstorfer, 1907 Hesperocharis nera nilios f. aphaia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hesperocharis nera var. piratapuya Zikán, 1940 Hesperocharis nera potara Kaye, 1920 Hesperocharis nera amazonica Fruhstorfer, 1907 Hesperocharis nera f. flavescens Röber, 1909 Hesperocharis nera aida Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hesperocharis nera aida f. minia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hesperocharis nera nirvana Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hesperocharis nera nirvana f. vitha Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hesperocharis nera f. boliviana Röber, 1909 Hesperocharis lamonti Kaye, 1920

Subspecies

• H. n. nera (Ecuador)
• H. n. aida Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Peru, Bolivia)
• H. n. amazonica Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Peru, Ecuador)
• H. n. lamonti Kaye, 1920 (Trinidad)
• H. n. nereis C. & R. Felder, 1865 (Colombia)
• H. n. nerida Zikán, 1940 (Brazil: Amazonas)
• H. n. nymphaea Möschler, 1876 (Surinam, Guyana, Brazil: Amazonas)

References

1. Hesperocharis, Site of Markku Savela