Dismorphia lysis, the Dainty Egg White or Lysis Mimic White, is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 in the Pieridae

Pieridae

The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...

 family. It is found from Ecuador

Ecuador

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 to southern Peru

Peru

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. The habitat consists of cloudforests.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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is about 40 mm (1.6 in). Adults have long narrow almost elliptical forewings and large hindwings. The underside is white, mottled in grey and yellow.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• Dismorphia lysis lysis (Ecuador)
• Dismorphia lysis peruana Röber, 1909 (Peru)
• Dismorphia lysis mariella Lamas, 2004 (Peru)