Euchloe belemia

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Green-striped white
Euchloe belemia.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Euchloe
Species:
E. belemia
Binomial name
Euchloe belemia
(Esper, 1800)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio belemia Esper, 1800
  • Papilio glauce Hübner, [1803-1804]
  • Euchloe belemia ab. desertorum Turati, 1905
  • Euchloe belemia f. distincta Röber, 1907
  • Euchloe belemia ab. evanescens Röber, 1907
  • Euchloe belemia form. vern. röberi Rothschild, 1914
  • Anthocharis belemia var. glauce ab. conjuncta Holl, 1917
  • Euchloe belemia f. marmorata Chnéour, 1934

Euchloe belemia, the green-striped white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its range is northern Africa, Arabia (Oman, United Arab Emirates) 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.[2]

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

Subspecies[]

Green Striped White from the mountains of UAE
  • Euchloe belemia hesperidum Rothschild 1913
  • Euchloe belemia eversi Eversi 1963
  • Euchloe belemia abyssinica Stamm 1928 (Ethiopia, Somalia)[3]
  • Euchloe belemia belemia, Esper,1800 (Oman, United Arab Emirates)
  • Euchloe belemia palaestinensis Rüber 1907

References[]

  1. ^ Euchloe, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ "Captain's European Butterfly Guide". Archived from the original on 2015-10-05. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
  3. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Tribe Anthocharidini". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-04-27.


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