Pieriballia

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Kingdom Animalia Family Pieridae Rank Species		Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths
Genus Pieriballia Klots, 1933 Similar Perrhybris, Leodonta, Phulia, Charonias, Pereute

Pieriballia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. It consists of only one species, Pieriballia viardi, the painted white or viardi white. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay. Strays can be found in southern Texas in the United States. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloud forests.

The wingspan is about 57 mm (2.2 in).

The larvae feed on Capparis pseudocacao.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

P. v. viardi (Mexico, Honduras)

P. v. locusta (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Colombia)

P. v. mandela (C. & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)

P. v. noctipennis (Butler & Druce, 1872) (Costa Rica, Panama)

P. v. apicalis (Butler, 1898) (Ecuador)

P. v. tithoreides (Butler, 1898) (Ecuador)

P. v. rubecula (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Peru, Bolivia)

P. v. molione (Fruhstorfer, 1908) (Paraguay, Argentina)

P. v. decorata (Joicey & Talbot, 1928) (Peru)

P. v. interposita (Joicey & Talbot, 1928) (Peru)

References

Pieriballia Wikipedia

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