Dismorphia crisia

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Dismorphia crisia critomedia male.JPG

| image_caption = Male D. c. crisia

| image2 = Dismorphia crisia critomedia female.JPG

| image2_caption = Female

| taxon = Dismorphia crisia

| authority = (Drury, [1782]){{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=March 20, 2019 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/dismorphiinae/dismorphia/#crisia |title=Dismorphia crisia (Drury, [1782]) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 8, 2020}}

| 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 & H. 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. The species was first described by Dru Drury in 1782. It is found from northern Central America to Bolivia and the Amazon basin.

The wingspan is {{convert|48|-|53|mm|abbr=on}} for males and about {{convert|57|mm|abbr=on}} for females.[http://www.sangay.eu/ficha-principale.php?ref=76&lang=en Parque Nacional Sangay (Ecuador)] 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

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