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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 Zerene).
A malar rash (from Latin mala 'jaw, cheek-bone'), also called butterfly rash, [1] is a medical sign consisting of a characteristic form of facial rash. It is often seen in lupus erythematosus . More rarely, it is also seen in other diseases, such as pellagra , dermatomyositis , and Bloom syndrome .
Zerene eurydice, the California dogface butterfly, belongs to the family Pieridae and is a sister genus to Colias. [2] The Zerene eurydice and the Colias both share the "characteristic of having yellow-orange and black wing coordination." [3] Additionally the,"Colias and Zerene eurydice males have bright UV patterns on their wings."
The scales on butterfly wings are pigmented with melanins that can produce the colours black and brown. The white colour in the butterfly family Pieridae is a derivative of uric acid, an excretory product. [13] [40]: 84 Bright blues, greens, reds, and iridescence are usually created not by pigments but through the microstructure of the scales.
Dogface butterfly or Dogface butterflies may refer to: Zerene , a genus of butterflies commonly known as the Dogfaces Zerene cesonia , a butterfly in this genus commonly known as the Dogface or Southern Dogface
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Eurema lisa, commonly known as the little yellow, little sulphur or little sulfur, is a butterfly species of subfamily Coliadinae that occurs in Central America and the southern part of North America.