Euchloe belemia

Green-striped white
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Anthocharini
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 Pieridae family. Its range is northern Africa 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 Sisymbrium bourgeanum), Diplotaxis tennuisiliqua and Biscutella didyma.

Subspecies

• Euchloe belemia hesperidum Rothschild 1913
• Euchloe belemia eversi Eversi 1963
• Euchloe belemia abyssinica Stamm 1928 (Ethiopia, Somalia, eastern Arabia)^[3]
• Euchloe belemia palaestinensis Rüber 1907

References

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