Dismorphiinae, the mimic sulphurs, is a subfamily of butterflies from the family Pieridae. It consists of about 100 species in seven genera, distributed mainly in the Neotropical region, of which only one species occurs in North America and one genus, Leptidea, is in the Palaeartic region.

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Genera

  • Dismorphia <small>Hübner, 1816</small>
  • Enantia <small>Hübner, 1819</small>
  • Lieinix <small>Gray, 1832</small>
  • Leptidea <small>Billberg, 1820</small>
  • Moschoneura <small>Butler, 1870</small>
  • Patia <small>Klots, 1933</small>
  • Pseudopieris <small>Godman & Salvin, 1890</small>
  • Dismorphiinae at Tree of Life (with phylogenetic hypothesis)
  • Dismorphiinae, at Markku Savela's butterfly website
  • Images representing Dismorphiinae at EOL
  • Pteron Images of Dismorphiinae, in Japanese but with binomial names.
  • Mariposas Mexicanas Images of Mexican Dismorphiinae
  • Neotropical Butterflies Gallery
  • Mimicry by Patia orisse
  • Julius Röber, in Seitz, A. (1907) The Macrolepidoptera of the World 5: The Macrolepidoptera of the American faunistic region. Pieridae 53-111.read text