Pieriballia

Pieriballia is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae erected by Alexander Barrett Klots in 1933. Its only species, Pieriballia viardi, the painted white or viardi white, was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1836. It is found from Mexico to Bolivia and Paraguay.[2] Strays can be found in southern Texas in the United States.[3] The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloud forests.[2]

Pieriballia
Pieriballia viardi viardi from Oxchuc, Chiapas, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pieridae
Genus:
Pieriballia

Klots, 1933
Species:
P. viardi
Binomial name
Pieriballia viardi
(Boisduval, 1836)[1]
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Neogeia Verity, 1947

Species:

  • Pieris viardi Boisduval, 1836
  • Mylothris viardi
  • Pieris habra Doubleday, 1846
  • Pieris laogore Godman & Salvin, [1889]
  • Itabalia viardi f. intermedia Vázquez, 1954
  • Pieris mandela C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861
  • Itaballia mandela
  • Haballia mandela
  • Pieris noctipennis Butler & H. Druce, 1872
  • Pieris apicalis Butler, 1898
  • Pieris locusta cocana Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Pieris mandela xanthomelas Röber, 1908
  • Pieris locusta richardi Martin, [1923] (nom. nud.)
  • Pieris tithoreides Butler, 1898
  • Pieris locusta rubecula Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Pieris locusta rubecula f. permagna Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Pieris mandela pallida Röber, 1908 (preocc. Scudder, 1861)
  • Pieriballia mandela leucania Röber, 1924
  • Pieris mandela f. impunctata Breyer, 1939
  • Pieris mandela maranonensis Joicey & Talbot, 1928

The wingspan is about 57 mm (2.2 in).

The larvae feed on Capparis pseudocacao.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • P. v. viardi (Mexico, Honduras)
  • P. v. locusta (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Colombia)
  • P. v. mandela (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) (Venezuela)
  • P. v. noctipennis (Butler & H. 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
  1. Savela, Markku (November 9, 2014). "Pieriballia viardi (Boisduval, 1836)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  2. "Viardi White". Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes. Learn About Butterflies. Retrieved January 10, 2020.
  3. Quinn, Mike (December 31, 2017). "Species Pieriballia viardi - Painted White - Hodges#4189.3". BugGuide. Retrieved January 10, 2020.


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