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Euchloe

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Euchloe is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called marbles; the Old World species are known as dappled whites.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyPieridae
Observations recorded57,183

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
196
With media
20
Family
Pieridae
Collections
UMNH, UAM
Recorded in
Spain, United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Anthocharini
Image
(MHNT) Euchloe crameri - Préserville France - female ventral.jpg
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Commons category
Euchloe
topic's main category
Category:Euchloe
taxon name
Euchloe
taxon rank
genus
taxon common name
Marbles
taxonomic type
Euchloe ausonia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Euchloe is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called marbles; the Old World species are known as dappled whites.

==Classification== Listed alphabetically within groups: Subgenus Euchloe Hübner, 1819: Euchloe ausonia (Hübner, [1803-1804]) – eastern dappled white Euchloe ausonides (Lucas, 1852) – large marble or creamy marblewing Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) – green-striped white Euchloe crameri Butler, 1869 – western dappled white Euchloe creusa (Doubleday, [1847]) – northern marble Euchloe daphalis (Moore, 1865) - Asian Dappled White Euchloe falloui (Allard, 1867) - Desert Green-striped White Euchloe insularis (Staudinger, 1861) Euchloe melanochlorus, Rober, 1907 - Egyptian Dappled White Euchloe naina Kozhanchikov, 1923 Euchloe ogilvia Back, 1990 Euchloe orientalis (Bremer, 1864) Euchloe pulverata (Christoph, 1884) Euchloe simplonia (Bloisduval, 1828) – mountain dappled white Euchloe tagis (Hübner, [1803-1804]) – Portuguese dappled white

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