Itaballia demophile, the Crossbarred White, Cross-barred White or Black-banded White, is a butterfly

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 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...

 family. It is found from Mexico

Mexico

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 to Paraguay

Paraguay

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. The habitat consists of disturbed areas including forest clearings, riverbanks, roadsides, fields, cattle pastures and wasteland.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 30 millimetre.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Capparis

Capparis

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species, including Capparis indica and Capparis frondosa.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• Itaballia demophile demophile (Guyana)
• Itaballia demophile calydonia (Boisduval, 1836) (Belize, Venezuela, Colombia)
• Itaballia demophile charopus (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Amazonas)
• Itaballia demophile huebneri Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil)
• Itaballia demophile lucania (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia)
• Itaballia demophile nimietes (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Bahia)
• Itaballia demophile niphates Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Pará)
• Itaballia demophile niseias (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Paraguay)
• Itaballia demophile centralis Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (Guatemala, Honduras)