''Lieinix nemesis'', the frosted mimic-white, nemesis mimic white or falcate dismorphia, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family

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. It is found from

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. The habitat consists of mid-elevation cloudforests.Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
/ref> The

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is .Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)
/ref> Adults are sexually dimorphic. The upper surface of the male forewing is black and spotted with creamy white. The female forewing is white with a black apical area and a black streak across the discal cell. The larvae probably feed on '' Inga'' species, including '' Inga mortoniana'' and ''

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''. Full-grown larvae are dark green and covered with short hairs. Pupation takes place in a green chrysalis which is attached to the stem of the host plant at an angle of 45 degrees.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised: *''Lieinix nemesis nemesis'' (Ecuador) *''Lieinix nemesis nayaritensis'' Llorente, 1984 (Mexico) *''Lieinix nemesis atthis'' (Doubleday, 1842) (Mexico, El Salvador)

References

Dismorphiinae Butterflies described in 1813 Pieridae of South America Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{Pieridae-stub