| Mountain Small White | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Pierini |
| Genus: | Pieris |
| Species: | P. ergane |
| Binomial name | |
| Pieris ergane (Geyer, [1828]) |
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The Mountain Small White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Transcaucasia.
The length of the forewings is 19-24 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in two to three generations
The larvae feed on Aethionema saxatile and Aethionema orbiculatum.