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''Enantia'' is a genus of
butterflies 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 subfamily
Dismorphiinae 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 Neotropic, Neotropical region, of which only one species occurs in North America ...
. They are native to the
Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...
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Species

* '' Enantia albania'' (H.W. Bates, 1864) – costa-spotted mimic-white * '' Enantia aloikea'' Brévignon, 1993 * '' Enantia citrinella'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) * '' Enantia clarissa'' (Weymer, 1895) * '' Enantia jethys'' (Boisduval, 1836) – jethys mimic-white * '' Enantia limnorina'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) * '' Enantia lina'' (Herbst, 1792) – white mimic-white * '' Enantia mazai'' Llorente, 1984 – De la Maza's mimic-white * '' Enantia melite'' (Linnaeus, 1763)


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images representing ''Enantia'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Dismorphiinae Pieridae of South America Pieridae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner Taxa described in 1819 {{Pieridae-stub