Pieris krueperi

Krueper's small white
	both in Bulgaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pieris
Species:	P. krueperi
Binomial name
	Pieris krueperi; Staudinger, 1860
Synonyms
	Pieris krueperi var. vernalis Staudinger, 1870;

Pieris krueperi, the Krueper's small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Iran, Baluchistan, the Kopet-Dagh and from Asia Minor to Central Asia,^[1] as well as in Oman.^[2] The habitat consists arid areas with scanty vegetation up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in the mountains.

The wingspan is 44–54 millimetres (1.7–2.1 in). Adults are on wing from April to September in two or three generations per year.^[3]

The larvae feed on Alyssum (including Alyssum montanum) and Aurinia species.

Subspecies[]

Pieris krueperi krueperi
Pieris krueperi devta (de Nicéville, [1884]) (Tian-Shan, Ghissar, southern Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai, western Pamirs)

References[]

^ ^a ^b Pieris, Site of Markku Savela
^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina
^ Russian Insects

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[funet-1] Pieris, Site of Markku Savela

[ATBUT-2] Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina

[RUSINSECTS-3] Russian Insects

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