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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]].<ref>[http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/EuchlPenia.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe]</ref> The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas. |
'''''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]].<ref>[http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/EuchlPenia.htm Moths and Butterflies of Europe]</ref> The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-jWNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77 |p=77 |title=Butterflies of Britain and Europe: A Photographic Guide |author1=Tari Haahtela |author2=Kimmo Saarinen |author3=Pekka Ojalainen |author4=Hannu Aarnio |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |year=2019}}</ref> |
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The [[wingspan]] is 32–36 mm. |
The [[wingspan]] is 32–36 mm. |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Euchloe |
| Species: | E. penia
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| 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.
- ^ EuroButterflies
- ^ Butterflies of Bulgaria
- ^ Lepidoptera and their ecology
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