Dismorphia crisia

Dismorphia crisia
D. c. 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])
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 family Pieridae. It is found from northern Central America to Bolivia and Amazonia.

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

The larvae feed on Inga and Pithecellobium 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

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  D. c. foedora male
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  D. c. foedora female
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  D. c. virgo male
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  D. c. virgo female