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Euchloe penia

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Species of butterfly

Eastern greenish black-tip
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Euchloe
Species: E. penia
Binomial name
Euchloe penia
(Freyer, 1805)
Synonyms
  • Anthocharis thessalica Mezger, 1936
  • Elphinstonia penia
  • Pontia penia Freyer, 1805

Euchloe penia, the eastern greenish black-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and northern Iraq. The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas.

The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Adults are bright greenish off yellow. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in April and from June to July.

The larvae feed on Matthiola species including M. tessela and M. fruticulosa.

Subspecies

  • Euchloe penia penia
  • Euchloe penia taleschicus Back & Leestmans, 2001
  • Euchloe penia thessalica (Mezger, 1936)

References

  1. Moths and Butterflies of Europe
  2. Tari Haahtela; Kimmo Saarinen; Pekka Ojalainen; Hannu Aarnio (2019). Butterflies of Britain and Europe: A Photographic Guide. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-4729-6053-5.
  3. EuroButterflies
  4. Butterflies of Bulgaria
  5. Lepidoptera and their ecology
Taxon identifiers
Euchloe penia
Pontia penia


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