Southern dogface
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Zerene cesonia, the southern dogface, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae (until recently the species was sometimes placed in the related genus Colias instead of Zerenia). The upper side of the pointed forewings have a dogface pattern. The wings are mainly yellow with black borders. The underside of the wings is mostly yellow with a black eyespot on the forewing and two white spots on the hindwing.
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| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Lepidoptera | |
| family | Pieridae | |
| genus | Zerene | |
| species | Z. cesonia |
