LEPIDOPTERA

• PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835

  • PIERIS Schrank,1801

    
    

    • Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768)

Pieris canidia palaearctica (Staudinger, 1886)

• TYPE LOCALITY. China.

• RANGE. From mountains of Middle Asia and Afghanistan across India and China to SE. Asia and Japan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominate subspecies is likely to be found in the S. Ussuri region; in Middle Asia (Tian-Shan, Ghissar, S. Ghissar, Darvaz, Alai) - ssp. palaearctica (Staudinger, 1886).

• TAXONOMIC NOTES. Populations from SE. Asia differ greatly from those from Central Asia, the latter possibly warranting full specific rank.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Preferring mountain meadows and humid canyons within a wide range of altitudes (1,000-3,000 m a.s.1.). Flight period: April-September in two or three generations.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. P. rapae: UPF apical spot not reaching the vein Cul.

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