Neophasia terlooii
Chiricahua white | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Neophasia |
Species: | N. terlooii
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Binomial name | |
Neophasia terlooii | |
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Neophasia terlooii, the Chiricahua white, Chiricahua pine white, or Mexican pine white is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in New Mexico,[1] in the high mountains of Arizona, and south into Mexico. The habitat consists of forests of needled conifers - Family Pinaceae.[2]
The wingspan is 45–58 mm (1.8–2.3 in). Males are white and resemble Neophasia menapia.[3] Females are orange. On both, the upperside of the forewing has a black cell and costal margin. The tip of the wing is black with white spots. Adults are on wing from June to July and again from September to November in two generations per year. They feed on flower nectar and bird droppings in the forest understory.[2]
The larvae feed on various conifers, including Engelmann spruce, but mainly Pinus ponderosa. They live in a web and file out of it at night to feed. They pupate together in this web.[2]
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- Neophasia
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies described in 1869
- Taxa named by Hans Hermann Behr
- Pieridae stubs