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Chiapas White
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Butterflies & moths

Chiapas White

Perrhybris pamela (Stoll, 1780)

Names

EnglishChiapas White
Dutch—
SpanishMariposa pamela
Chinese帕粉蝶
Sranan Tongokapelka (general name for the group)
Scientific namePerrhybris pamela (Stoll, 1780)

About this species

Perrhybris pamela, the Pamela, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama, south to Colombia, Venezuela, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. This species breeds in lowland rainforest at altitudes between sea level and about 900 metres.

The wingspan is 66–70 mm (2.6–2.8 in). It is strongly sexually dichromatic, with the female resembling some species of Heliconiini.

Larvae have been recorded on Capparis isthmensis and Capparis pittieri.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusPerrhybris

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
8iNaturalist observations
2014First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini6

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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