Euchloe falloui
Scarce green-striped white | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Euchloe |
Species: | E. falloui
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Binomial name | |
Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867)[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Euchloe falloui, the scarce green-striped white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, Algeria, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Arabia.[2]
The wingspan is 29–34 mm (1.1–1.3 in). Adults are on wing from November to May, usually in two but sometimes in three generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on Moricandia arvensis, , , , and Zilla spinosa.
Subspecies[]
- Euchloe falloui falloui (Mauritania, Algeria, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Saudi Arabia)
- Euchloe falloui saudi Larsen, 1983 (Saudi Arabia)
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Euchloe falloui. |
Wikispecies has information related to Euchloe falloui. |
- ^ Euchloe, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Tribe Anthocharidini". Archived from the original on 2014-08-19. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
- ^ "BibAlex". Archived from the original on 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2012-04-27.
Categories:
- Euchloe
- Butterflies described in 1867
- Butterflies of Africa
- Pieridae stubs