Dismorphia crisia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pieridae
- Genus
- Dismorphia
- Species
- Dismorphia crisia
- Scientific Name
- Dismorphia crisia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dismorphia crisia
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 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.
...Dismorphia crisia in languages:
- English
- Crisia Mimic-White
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Dismorphia altis
- Dismorphia amphione
- Dismorphia arcadia
- Dismorphia astyocha
- Dismorphia boliviana
- Dismorphia buchtieni
- Dismorphia crisia
- Dismorphia cubana
- Dismorphia eunoe
- Dismorphia hyposticta
- Dismorphia laja
- Dismorphia lelex
- Dismorphia lewyi
- Dismorphia lua
- Dismorphia lygdamis
- Dismorphia lysis
- Dismorphia manuelita
- Dismorphia medora
- Dismorphia medorilla
- Dismorphia melia
- Dismorphia mirandola
- Dismorphia nemesis
- Dismorphia niepelti
- Dismorphia orise
- Dismorphia pimpla
- Dismorphia spio
- Dismorphia teresa
- Dismorphia thermesia
- Dismorphia thermesina
- Dismorphia theucharila
- Dismorphia zaela
- Dismorphia zathoe
Child Taxa
- Dismorphia crisia alvarezi
- Dismorphia crisia anamaria
- Dismorphia crisia crisia
- Dismorphia crisia foedora
- Dismorphia crisia interrupta
- Dismorphia crisia lubina
- Dismorphia crisia neblina
- Dismorphia crisia roraimae
- Dismorphia crisia saltensis
- Dismorphia crisia steinhauseri
- Dismorphia crisia sylvia
- Dismorphia crisia tolimensis
- Dismorphia crisia virgo