Sonoran Marble | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Division: | Rhopalocera |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Tribe: | Anthocharini |
Genus: | Euchloe |
Species: | E. guaymensis |
Binomial name | |
Euchloe guaymensis (Opler, 1986) |
The Sonoran Marble (Euchloe guaymasensis) is a fairly recently discovered species that was found on a microwave tower in the Mexican state of Sonora in 1986. Very little is known yet about its range, habitat preferences or where it fits in to the Euchloes genetically.