Gonepteryx maxima

Updated on Dec 17, 2024

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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.

Subspecies

Gonepteryx maxima maxima

Gonepteryx maxima amurensis Graeser, 1888 (Amur, Ussuri)

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