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Species of butterfly
Green-striped white
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Euchloe belemia belemia, Spain
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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Class:
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Insecta
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Order:
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Lepidoptera
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Family:
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Pieridae
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Genus:
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Euchloe
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Species:
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E. belemia
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Binomial name
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Euchloe belemia
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Synonyms
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- 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
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Euchloe belemia, the green-striped white, is a
butterfly in the
family Pieridae. Its range is northern
Africa, Arabia (
Oman,
United Arab Emirates) and 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.
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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)
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- Euchloe belemia belemia, Esper,1800 (Oman, United Arab Emirates)
- Euchloe belemia palaestinensis Rüber 1907
References
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