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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 » Giant White - Hodges#4199 (Ganyra josephina)

Species Ganyra josephina - Giant White - Hodges#4199

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Food · Internet References
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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 josephina (Giant White - Hodges#4199)
Hodges Number
4199
Explanation of Names
Ganyra josephina (Salvin & Godman, 1868)
Identification
Male is entirely white except for a single round, black spot in the forewing. Females may have a few diffuse black or brown spots or a brownish wash near the one clear spot; also a faint brown edge.
Range
c. TX (as a stray) to Panama - Map (MPG, BOA)
Food
Adults are nectar feeders, often seen on Lantana sp. and Eupatorium sp.
Caterpillars feed on foliage of trees in the family Capparidaceae.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Butterflies of America - BOA
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 5 June, 2006 - 3:10pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn
Last updated 3 January, 2018 - 9:29am

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