Itaballia
Encyclopedia
Itaballia is a genus
of butterflies
in the family
Pieridae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of butterflies
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Pieridae
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
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Species
- Itaballia demophileItaballia demophileItaballia demophile, the Crossbarred White, Cross-barred White or Black-banded White, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from Mexico to Paraguay...
(Linnaeus, 1763) - Itaballia maranaItaballia maranaItaballia marana is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Ecuador.The larvae possibly feed on the leaves of Capparis species....
(Doubleday, 1844) - Itaballia pandosiaItaballia pandosiaItaballia pandosia, the Pisonis Mimic, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in the Amazonian regions of Brazil, Ecuador and Peru and in Central America, Colombia and Venezuela...
(Hewitson, 1853)