LEPIDOPTERA

• PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835

  • PONTIA Fabricius,1807

    
    

    • Pontia edusa (Fabricius, 1777)

Pontia edusa edusa (Fabricius, 1777)

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Chilonii (Kiel)" [N. Germany].

• RANGE. Temperate zone of Europe and Siberia.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The European part, the Caucasus Major and Minor, the Armenian Highland, Siberia - the nominate subspecies; Transbaikalia, the Amur and Ussuri regions, Sakhalin - ssp. davendra Hemming, 1934 (= orientalis Kardakov, 1928, nom. praeoccup.).

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Similar to the previous species. Inhabiting open landscapes in the forest and forest-steppe zones.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. P. chloridice: UPS black colouration less strongly developed; UNH white spots elongated.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997