Dismorphia laja is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in northern South America.
Adults are sexually dimorphic.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
- Dismorphia laja laja (Surinam)
- Dismorphia laja lysianax <small>(Hewitson, [1860])</small> (Peru)
- Dismorphia laja tapajona <small>(Bates, 1861)</small> (Brazil: Pará, Rondônia)
- Dismorphia laja carthesis <small>(Hewitson, 1869)</small> (Ecuador, Guyana)
- Dismorphia laja tricolor <small>Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1897</small> (Colombia)
- Dismorphia laja jurua <small>Röber, 1924</small> (Brazil: Amazonas)
- Dismorphia laja spectabilis <small>Avinoff, 1926</small> (Bolivia)
- Dismorphia laja koenigi <small>Baumann & Reissinger, 1969</small> (Peru)
- Dismorphia laja rosina <small>Lamas, 2004</small> (Peru)
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