Enantia

Enantia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae, subfamily Dismorphiinae. The species of this genus and its subspecies are distributed in several countries of South America and Central America (Mexico, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Antilles, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Uruguay, Trinidad and Panama).

Diversity

There are nine recognized species in the Neotropics

• Enantia albania (H.W. Bates, 1864)
• Enantia aloikea Brévignon, 1993
• Enantia citrinella (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861)
• Enantia clarissa (Weymer, 1895)
• Enantia jethys (Boisduval, 1836)
• Enantia limnorina (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865)
• Enantia lina (Herbst, 1792)
• Enantia mazai (Llorente, 1984)
• Enantia mazai diazi
• Enantia melite (Linnaeus, 1763)

Host plants

Species of the genus Enantia feed on plants of the Fabaceae family.