Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Gonepteryx | |
Similar Plebejus subsolanus, Chazara persephone, Sephisa dichroa, Colias caucasica, Colias thisoa | ||
Gonepteryx maxima is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It was described by Butler in 1885. It is found from north-eastern China to Korea, Japan, the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri) and Japan. The habitat consists of steppe and forest-steppe areas.
Adults are on wing from the end of July to September. Adults overwinter and fly again from May to June.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus ussuriensis.
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