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Euchloe belemia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Pieridae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Tribe
  
Anthocharini

Euchloe belemia

Euchloe belemia, the green-striped white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is northern Africa and occasionally the southern Iberian peninsula, especially Spain and Portugal.

The wingspan is 36–44 mm (1.4–1.7 in). Adults are on wing from February to June.

The larvae feed on Sisymbrium species (including Sisymbrium bourgeanum), Diplotaxis tennuisiliqua and Biscutella didyma.

Subspecies

  • Euchloe belemia hesperidum Rothschild 1913
  • Euchloe belemia eversi Eversi 1963
  • Euchloe belemia abyssinica Stamm 1928 (Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern Arabia)
  • Euchloe belemia palaestinensis Rüber 1907
  • References

    Euchloe belemia Wikipedia