袖粉蝶亞科(學名:Dismorphiinae)是鱗翅目粉蝶科中的一個亞科,包含了7個屬。物種主要分佈於新熱帶界,即中美洲至南美洲北部一帶,包括一些西印度群島。只有小粉蝶屬的物種在古北界有分佈,即歐亞地區[2],牠也是其他屬的姐妹群。袖粉蝶亞科有約50個物種因外表上貝氏擬態模仿一些分佈於新熱帶界的蛺蝶而著名[3]。幼蟲的寄主為豆科植物[1]。
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