Euchloe lotta
Desert Marble | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Euchloe |
Species: | E. lotta |
Binomial name | |
Euchloe lotta (Beutenmüller, 1898) | |
Desert Marble (Euchloe lotta) is a species of butterfly that occurs in the interior of British Columbia.[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. Wing span is from 38 to 40 mm.[1]
Flight season in North America is from April to May.[1]
Larvae on Arabis furcata, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis bolboellii, and Halimolobos whitedi.[2]
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