---
title: "Southern Dogface"
description: "Zerene cesonia — Insetos e aranhas. 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)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/southern-dogface
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Dogface

> Zerene cesonia — Insetos e aranhas. 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).

- Scientific name: *Zerene cesonia*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13678
- Wikidata: [Q1347939](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1347939)
- iNaturalist taxon: [129362](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/129362)

## Names

- en: Southern Dogface
- es: Mariposa cara de perro sureña

## Countries with the most observations

US (9292), MX (3460), BO (93), EC (37), AR (36), CA (35), PE (35), NI (20), HN (19), CO (18), VE (7), CR (4)

## Summary

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).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zerene_cesonia

## Photo

![Southern Dogface](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-dogface/medium.jpg)

Photo: Robbie Hannawacker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/37600162

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-dogface?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).