Euchloe

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.

Euchloe
Western dappled white (Euchloe crameri)
Eastern greenish black-tip (Euchloe penia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Anthocharini
Genus: Euchloe
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms
  • Phyllocharis Schatz, [1886]
  • Phyllocharis Dalman, 1824)
  • Elphinstonia Klots, 1930

Classification

Listed alphabetically within groups:[1]
Subgenus Euchloe Hübner, 1819:

Subgenus Elphinstonia Klots, 1930:

  • charlonia species group:
  • tomyris species group:
    • Euchloe lessei Bernardi, 1957
    • Euchloe tomyris Christoph, 1884
    • Euchloe ziayani Leestmans & Back, 2001

Incertae sedis:

References
  1. Euchloe, funet.fi


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