Euchloe penia
| Eastern greenish black-tip | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Euchloe |
| Species: | E. penia |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchloe penia (Freyer, 1805) | |
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Euchloe penia, the eastern greenish black-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and northern Iraq.[1] The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas.[2]
The wingspan is 32–36 mm. Adults are bright greenish off yellow.[3] There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in April and from June to July.[4]
The larvae feed on Matthiola species including M. tessela and M. fruticulosa.[5]
Subspecies
- Euchloe penia penia
- Euchloe penia taleschicus Back & Leestmans, 2001
- Euchloe penia thessalica (Mezger, 1936)
References
- ^ Moths and Butterflies of Europe
- ^ Tari Haahtela; Kimmo Saarinen; Pekka Ojalainen; Hannu Aarnio (2019). Butterflies of Britain and Europe: A Photographic Guide. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-4729-6053-5.
- ^ EuroButterflies
- ^ Butterflies of Bulgaria
- ^ Lepidoptera and their ecology