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Pieris cheiranthi (Hubner, 1808)

Имаго Pieris cheiranthi

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Pieridae → subfamily Pierinae → tribe Pierini → genus Pieris → species Pieris cheiranthi

Species name(s)

Pieris cheiranthi (Hubner, 1808) = Catophaga cheiranthi Hübner, [1823]. [9, 10]

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Имаго Pieris cheiranthi

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Canary Islands. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Tropaeolum majus, Crambe strigosa, captive larve accept many Brassicaceae. [28].

Subspecies of Pieris cheiranthi

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Simon Coombes, Paolo Mazzei.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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06.02.2011 13:12, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Given a comment to the photo (the species is endemic to the Canary Islands) put Palearctic. Reference to the author: http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/whites/white1.htm

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