''Dismorphia medorilla'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...

in the family

Pieridae The Pieridae are a large family (biology), family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from Afrotropical realm, tropical Africa and Indomalayan realm, tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern ...

. It is found in

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

and

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''Dismorphia medorilla medorilla'' (Ecuador) *''Dismorphia medorilla buchtieni'' Fassl, 1915 (Bolivia) *''Dismorphia medorilla sarita'' Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

References

Dismorphiinae Pieridae of South America Lepidoptera of Ecuador Lepidoptera of Peru Lepidoptera of Bolivia Butterflies described in 1877 Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Pieridae-stub