Euchloe guaymasensis

Euchloe guaymasensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Euchloe
Species:	E. guaymasensis
Binomial name
	Euchloe guaymasensis; Opler, 1986

Euchloe guaymasensis, the Sonoran marble or Sonoran white, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae.^[1] It is native to Sonora in Mexico and has been seen once in Arizona in the United States.^[1]

The butterfly has a wingspan of 31–37 millimetres (1.2–1.5 in). The upperside is pale yellow. The forewing has a black tip and a black bar toward the front edge. The underside is marbled with green.^[1]

This species occurs in rocky desert habitat. Its host plant is western tansymustard (Descurainia pinnata). Adults fly in February and March.^[1]

This species was first collected in 1983 from a microwave relay 40 miles (64 km) north of Guaymas in Sonora.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Euchloe guaymasensis. Archived 2016-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.
^ Opler, P. A. (1986). A new Euchloe (Pieridae) from northwestern Mexico. The Lepidopterists' Society 40(3) 188-90.

External links[]

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[az-1] Euchloe guaymasensis. Archived 2016-12-30 at the Wayback Machine Invertebrate Abstracts. Arizona Game and Fish Department.

[2] Opler, P. A. (1986). A new Euchloe (Pieridae) from northwestern Mexico. The Lepidopterists' Society 40(3) 188-90.

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