Euchloe simplonia
| Mountain Dappled White | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Anthocharini |
| Genus: | Euchloe |
| Species: | E. simplonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchloe simplonia (Boisduval, 1878) | |
The Mountain Dappled White (Euchloe simplonia) is a butterfly found in the mountainous regions of Western Europe and Northern Africa. Its main foods are Sinapis, Isatis, Aethionema, Iberis and Biscutella species. Though data are lacking, it is believed that the species is restricted to a small area of the western Alps and endangered in Europe.[1] The species is closely related to Euchloe naina, and cross-breeding experiments suggest that nania may be a subspecies,[2] though this is contested on morphological grounds.[3]
References
- ↑ van Swaay, C. and M. Warren (1999). Red Data Book of European Butterflies (Rhopalocera), pg 93.
- ↑ Back, W. (1990). "TAXONOMIC STUDIES WITHIN THE EUCHLOE-AUSONIA HUEBNER 1804 SPECIES GROUP (LEPIDOPTERA, PIERIDAE)." Atalanta (Marktleuthen) 21(3-4): 187-206.
- ↑ Dubatolov, V.V. and O.E. Kosterin (1994). "A new subspecies of the Euchloe ausonia Huebner species group from the highlands of the Dzungarian Alatau (East Kazakhstan) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)." Atalanta (Marktleuthen) 25(3-4): 513-520