Itaballia demophile, the cross-barred white, crossbarred white, or black-banded white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from the southern United States,Cross-barred White, NABA South Texas and Mexico to Paraguay. The habitat consists of disturbed areas including forest clearings, riverbanks, roadsides, fields, cattle pastures and wasteland., Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
The wingspan is .
The larvae feed on the leaves of Capparis species, including Capparis indica, and Capparis frondosa.
Subspecies The following subspecies are recognized: I. d. calydonia (Boisduval, 1836) (Belize, Venezuela, Colombia) I. d. centralis Joicey & Talbot, 1928 (Guatemala, Honduras) I. d. charopus (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Amazonas) I. d. demophile (Linnaeus, 1758) (Guyana) I. d. huebneri Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil) I. d. lucania (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia) I. d. nimietes (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Brazil: Bahia) I. d. niphates Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Brazil: Pará) I. d. niseias (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Paraguay)
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