Itaballia demophile centralis Joicey & Talbot, 1928
(Black-banded White)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Itaballia Kaye, 1904

Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (4)1904(2): 204. Type-species: Pieris pandosia Hewitson, 1853, Ill. exot. Butts. 1(7): [8], pl. Pieris II [4], fig. 14, by original designation.

*387.    Itaballia demophile (Linnaeus, 1763)

In: Johansson, Cent. Ins. Rar.: 23, no. 66; cited Clerck [1764], Icon. Ins. 2: pl. 28, fig. 4 ♀ D&V, even though it was published later; often cited as from Amoen. acad. 6: 406, no. 65, a subsequent reprint.

Original Combination: Papilio D[anaus]. Demophile

Type Locality: “in Indiis”

Types: Type(s) apparently lost, as noted by Honey and Scoble (2001), Zoo. J. Linn. Soc. 132(3): 318.

            =    amathonte (Cramer, 1777)

Uitl. Kapellen 2(10): 29, pl. 116, figs. A ♂ D, B ♂ V; (16): 147 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Dan[aus]. Cand[idus]. Amathonte

Type Locality: “Indes-Occidentales, à Essequebo et Demerara” [Guyana]

Types: Type(s) possibly lost.

            =    molphea (Cramer, 1777)

Uitl. Kapellen 2(10): 29, pl. 116, figs. C ♀ D; (16): 149 (index).

Original Combination: Pap[ilio]. Dan[aus]. Cand[idus]. Molphea

Type Locality: “Indes-Occidentales, à Essequebo et Demerara” [Guyana]

Types: Type(s) possibly lost.

            a.   Itaballia demophile centralis Joicey & Talbot, 1928

Bull. Hill Mus. 2 (1): 21.

Original Combination: Itaballia calydonia centralis

Type Locality: “Quiriqua, Guatemala, 4,000–5,000 feet”

Types: Holotype (#662496) in BMNH.

Recorded from Texas by Dauphin et al. (2005), News Lepid. Soc. 47(2): 43, 46, 19 figs.

                         =    ‡”magna” Fruhstorfer, 1907

Stettiner Entomol. Ztg. 68(2): 276.

Original Combination: [Perrhybris demophile calydonia] forma magna

Type Locality: “Honduras... Columbien”; “syntypes” from “San Pedro Sula, Honduras.”

Types: “Syntypes” in BMNH.

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