Dismorphia crisia

Dismorphia crisia

Dismorphia crisia crisia male

Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Dismorphia
Species:	D. crisia
Binomial name
*Dismorphia crisia* (Drury, [1782])^[1]
Synonyms
Papilio crisia Drury, [1782] Enantia critomedia Geyer, 1832 Dismorphia critomedia cereda Martin, [1923] (nom. nud.) Dismorphia rotruda Zikán, 1940 Dismorphia rotruda var. flavella Zikán, 1940 Dismorphia rotruda var. interrupta Zikán, 1940 (preocc.) Dismorphia critomedia mudana Martin, [1923] (nom. nud.) Leptalis virgo Bates, 1864 Dismorphia virgo f. candida Vázquez, 1949 Dismorphia lubina Butler, 1872 Dismorphia lunina Butler & Druce, 1872 Dismorphia critomedia ab. interrupta Krüger, 1929 Dismorphia foedora interrupta Zischka, 1951 (preocc.)

Dismorphia crisia, the Crisia Mimic White or Cloud Forest Mimic-White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from northern Central America to Bolivia and Amazonia.^[2]

The wingspan is 48–53 mm (1.9–2.1 in) for males and about 57 mm (2.2 in) for females.^[2] It is a very variable species.

The larvae feed on Inga and Pithecellobium species.^[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

Dismorphia crisia crisia (Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais)
Dismorphia crisia foedora (Lucas, 1852) (Venezuela, Peru, Colombia)
Dismorphia crisia virgo (Bates, 1864) (Guatema, Costa Rica, Mexico)
Dismorphia crisia lubina Butler, 1872 (Costa Rica to Panama)
Dismorphia crisia tolimensis Fassl, 1915 (Colombia)
Dismorphia crisia interrupta Talbot, 1932 (Colombia)
Dismorphia crisia roraimae Hall, 1939 (Guyana)
Dismorphia crisia saltensis Breyer, 1939 (Argentina, Bolivia)
Dismorphia crisia neblina Reissinger, 1970 (Venezuela)
Dismorphia crisia alvarezi J. & R. G. Maza, 1984 (Mexico)
Dismorphia crisia steinhauseri J. & R. G. Maza, 1984 (El Salvador)
Dismorphia crisia anamaria Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
Dismorphia crisia sylvia Lamas, 2004 (Peru)

Gallery

Dismorphia crisia foedora male
Dismorphia crisia foedora female
Dismorphia crisia virgo male
Dismorphia crisia virgo female

References

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1 2 3 Dismorphia, Site of Markku Savela
1 2 Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)

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