LEPIDOPTERA

• PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835

  • PIERIS Schrank,1801

    
    

    • Pieris deota de Niceville, [1884]

Pieris deota deota de Niceville, [1884]

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Ladak" [Ladakh, India].

• RANGE. The Pamirs-Alai, Hindu Kush, Karakorum, the Himalaya.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominate subspecies (= roborowskii Alpheraky, 1887) occurs in the Pamirs and N. Tian-Shan.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. A characteristic high-montane species inhabiting xerophytic slopes with poor vegetation at 3,000-4,300 m a.s.1. Flight period: end of July to August.

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