Euchloe tagis
| Portuguese Dappled White | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Division: | Rhopalocera |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Tribe: | Anthocharini |
| Genus: | Euchloe |
| Species: | E. tagis |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchloe tagis (Hübner, 1804) | |
The Portuguese Dappled White (Euchloe tagis) is in the Pieridae family of butterflies.
It ranges through Southern Europe where it is found from Portugal to Northwestern Italy and Northern Africa (local populations in Morocco and Algeria).
This species is found in local, discrete populations limited to fairly small areas of suitable habitat which is invariably made of calcareous outcrops with Mediterranean scrubland where the foodplants, crucifers of the genus Iberis are to be found.
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Life cycle
- Euchloe tagis butterfly on Iberis by Eduardo Marabuto
- Caterpillar of Euchloe tagis by Eduardo Marabuto