''Pieriballia'' is a genus of

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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 Jean Baptiste Alphonse Déchauffour de Boisduval (24 June 1799 – 30 December 1879) was a French lepidopterist, botanist, and physician. He was one of the most celebrated lepidopterists of France, and was the co-founder of the Société entomol ...

in 1836. It is found from Mexico to

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and Paraguay. Strays can be found in southern Texas in the United States. The habitat consists of rainforests and transitional cloud forests."Viardi White"
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''.

Subspecies

The following

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are recognised: *''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

Pierini Monotypic butterfly genera Pieridae of South America Taxa named by Alexander Barrett Klots Pieridae genera {{Pieridae-stub