''Dismorphia crisia'', the crisia mimic white or cloud forest mimic-white, is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia.DeVries P. J. in Levi ...
. The species was
first described by
Dru Drury in 1782. It is found from northern
Central America
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to
Bolivia
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and the
Amazon basin
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.
[
The ]wingspan
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is for males and about for females.[Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)]
/ref> It is a very variable species.
The larvae feed on '' Inga'' and ''Pithecellobium
''Pithecellobium'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words πίθηκος (''pithêkos''), meaning "ape" or "monkey," and ἐλλόβιον (''ellobion''), meaning "earring," which r ...
'' species.[
]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[
*''D. c. crisia'' (Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais)
*''D. c. foedora'' (Lucas, 1852) (Venezuela, Peru, Colombia)
*''D. c. virgo'' (Bates, 1864) (Guatema, Costa Rica, Mexico)
*''D. c. lubina'' Butler, 1872 (Costa Rica to Panama)
*''D. c. tolimensis'' Fassl, 1915 (Colombia)
*''D. c. interrupta'' Talbot, 1932 (Colombia)
*''D. c. roraimae'' Hall, 1939 (Guyana)
*''D. c. saltensis'' Breyer, 1939 (Argentina, Bolivia)
*''D. c. neblina'' Reissinger, 1970 (Venezuela)
*''D. c. alvarezi'' J. & R. G. Maza, 1984 (Mexico)
*''D. c. steinhauseri'' J. & R. G. Maza, 1984 (El Salvador)
*''D. c. anamaria'' Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
*''D. c. sylvia'' Lamas, 2004 (Peru)
]
Gallery
Image:Dismorphia_crisia_foedora_male.JPG, ''D. c. foedora'' male
Image:Dismorphia_crisia_foedora_female.JPG, ''D. c. foedora'' female
Image:Dismorphia_crisia_virgo_male.JPG, ''D. c. virgo'' male
Image:Dismorphia_crisia_virgo_female.JPG, ''D. c. virgo'' female
References
Dismorphiinae
Butterflies described in 1782
Fauna of Brazil
Pieridae of South America
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