| Cross-barred white | |
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| I. d. lucania, Tambopata Park, Peru | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Itaballia |
| Species: | I. demophile |
| Binomial name | |
| Itaballia demophile (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Itaballia demophile, the cross-barred white, crossbarred white, or black-banded white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from the southern United States, and Mexico to Paraguay. The habitat consists of disturbed areas including forest clearings, riverbanks, roadsides, fields, cattle pastures and wasteland.
The wingspan is 30–35 mm (1.2–1.4 in).
The larvae feed on the leaves of Capparis species, including Capparis indica, and Capparis frondosa.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized:
- I. d. calydonia (Boisduval, 1836) (Belize, Venezuela, Colombia)
- I. d. centralis Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (Guatemala, Honduras)
- I. d. charopus (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Amazonas)
- I. d. demophile (Linnaeus, 1758) (Guyana)
- I. d. huebneri Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil)
- I. d. lucania (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia)
- I. d. nimietes (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Bahia)
- I. d. niphates Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Pará)
- I. d. niseias (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Paraguay)
References
- ^ Itaballia, Site of Markku Savela
- Cross-barred White, NABA South Texas
- ^ 'Black-banded White, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Itaballia demophile | |
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