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Ganyra josephina (Giant White)

Synonyms: Pieris josephina (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Ganyra josephina, the giant white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found from southern Texas through Mexico and Central America to northern South America. The habitat consists of open, dry, subtropical forests. The larvae feed on older leaves of Capparidaceae species.
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Infraspecies

Ganyra josephina josepha
Ganyra josephina josephina

Prey / Diet

Capparidastrum frondosum[1]
Forchhammeria hintonii[1]
Quadrella odoratissima[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Morinda royoc[1]
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis (light-blue snakeweed)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0