Pieris krueperi
Krueper's small white | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Pieris |
Species: | P. krueperi
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Binomial name | |
Pieris krueperi Staudinger, 1860[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Pieris krueperi, the Krueper's small white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the Balkan Peninsula and in Iran, Baluchistan, the Kopet-Dagh and from Asia Minor to Central Asia,[1] as well as in Oman.[2] The habitat consists arid areas with scanty vegetation up to 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in the mountains.
The wingspan is 44–54 millimetres (1.7–2.1 in).
Description in Seitz
[edit]P. krueperi Stgr. (20b) occurs in Greece, Asia Minor, Persia and other districts of Western Asia.This species differs from its allies in possessing on the forewing a black subapical costal spot and several, well separated, black distal marginal ones. In the summer-form, which is name-typical, the underside is white with yellowish margins, while in the spring-form, vernalis Stgr. (20b), the larger proximal portion of the hindwing beneath is greenish grey. — The Central -Asiatic spring-form, verna Gr.-Grsh., is whitebeneath, but bears dark markings. — The Pamir form, mahometana Gr-.-Grsh.[now species Pieris mahometana (Grum-Grshimailo, 1888) (northeastern Afghanistan and Pamirs)], is above margined with black and beneath much darker. In the female the black spots are enlarged and partly confluent. [3]
Biology
[edit]Adults are on wing from April to September in two or three generations per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Alyssum (including Alyssum montanum) and Aurinia species.
Subspecies
[edit]- Pieris krueperi krueperi
- Pieris krueperi devta (de Nicéville, [1884]) (Tian-Shan, Ghissar, southern Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai, western Pamirs)
References
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- ^ a b Pieris, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina
- ^ Julius Rober in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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- ^ Russian Insects