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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses (Pierini) » Ganyra » Howarth's White - Hodges#4199.1 (Ganyra howarthi)

Species Ganyra howarthi - Howarth's White - Hodges#4199.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Habitat · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ganyra howarthii? - Ganyra howarthi
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows)
Subfamily Pierinae (Whites)
Tribe Pierini (Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses)
Genus Ganyra
Species howarthi (Howarth's White - Hodges#4199.1)
Hodges Number
4199.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ganyra howarthi (Dixey, 1915)
Ascia howarthi Dixey, 1915
Pieris kuschei Schaus, 1920
Explanation of Names
apparently misspelled as "howarthii" in Glassberg (2012)
Range
Southern AZ
TL: Mexico, Baja California Sur
Habitat
Desert scrub.
Food
Desert caper (Atamisquea emarginata).
Remarks
In the US, most widely known from the area of Quitobaquito Springs; widespread in neighbouring Mexico.
Print References
Dixey, 1915; Trans. Ent. Soc. 1915 (1): 12, pl. 2, f. 7-10.
Glassberg, 2012: 44 (1)
Pelham (Revised 4 July 2018) (2)
Schaus, 1920; Proc. U.S. nat. Mus. 57 (2307): 109
Internet References
Butterflies of America
BAMONA(3)
Works Cited
1.A Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America
Jeffrey Glassberg. 2012. Sunstreak.
2.A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada--by Jonathan P. Pelham
3.Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 5 August, 2018 - 11:15am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, James Bailey
Last updated 16 March, 2021 - 2:15pm

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