Itaballia pandosia

{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Pisonis mimic

| image = Itaballia pandosia sabata dorsal.jpg

| image_caption = Dorsal view

| image2 = Itaballia pandosia sabata ventral.jpg

| image2_caption = Ventral view

| taxon = Itaballia pandosia

| authority = (Hewitson, 1853){{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |date=November 15, 2015 |url=https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/itaballia/#pandosia |title=Itaballia pandosia (Hewitson, 1853) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |accessdate=January 9, 2020}}

| synonyms =

  • Pieris pandosia Hewitson, [1853]
  • Pieris pisonis Hewitson, 1861
  • Pieris leptalina Bates, 1861
  • Perrhybris pandosia ophelia Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Perrhybris pandosia ophelia f. ludovica Fruhstorfer, 1907
  • Pieris kicaha Reakirt, [1864]
  • Pieris notistriga Butler & H. Druce, 1872
  • Euterpia lorenza Ehrmann, 1920
  • Perrhybris pandosia sabata Fruhstorfer, 1907

}}

Itaballia pandosia, the Pisonis mimic or brown-bordered white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the Amazonian regions of Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, and in Central America, Colombia and Venezuela. The habitat consists of primary rainforests.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071120053212/http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Itaballia%20pandosia.htm "Pisonis Mimic"]}}. Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes. Learn About Butterflies. Retrieved January 9, 2020. It may be a mimic of Moschoneura pinthous

The wingspan is about {{convert|50|mm|abbr=on}}.

The larvae possibly feed on the leaves of Capparis species.

File:Pisonis Mimic (Itaballia pandosia), Tambopata.jpg

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • I. p. pandosia (Venezuela , Trinidad)
  • I. p. pisonis (Hewitson, 1861) (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil: Amazonas)
  • I. p. kicaha (Reakirt, [1864]) (Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Guatemala)
  • I. p. sabata (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Colombia)

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