Euchloe lotta
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Euchloe |
Species: | E. lotta
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Binomial name | |
Euchloe lotta (Beutenmüller, 1898)
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Euchloe lotta, the desert marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.[1]
It is mostly white with black markings on the topside of the forewing tips and body. The underside has greenish-grey veins especially in the hindwing. The wingspan is from 38 to 40 mm.[1]
The desert marble's flight season in North America is from April to May.[1] It inhabits sagelands, deserts, juniper woodland, dry, rocky areas, dry ravines, and canyon walls.[2]
Larvae feed on Arabis furcata, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis bolboellii, and Halimolobos whitedi.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Desert Marble, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ "Euchloe lotta". explorer.natureserve.org.
- ^ Euchloe, funet.fi