LEPIDOPTERA

• PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835

  • PIERIS Schrank,1801

    
    

    • Pieris ergane (Geyer, [1828])

Pieris ergane detersa Verity, 1911

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Ragusa" [Sicily].

• SYNONYMS: narcaea Freyer, 1828.

• RANGE. S. Europe, Asia Minor, Iran, Transcaucasia.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Caucasus Minor, the Armenian Highland - ssp. detersa Verity, 1911; Talysh - ssp. elbursina Bytinski-Salz, 1937 (= alterelbursina Verity, 1937).

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Various xerophytic habitats in the mountains at 1,000- 2,000 m a.s.1. Flight period: May-September in two generations. European host plant: Aethionema.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. P. rapae: wings not produced; UPS markings intensive. P. pseudorapae: larger; UPF apical dark spot reaching the vein Cu2.

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