LEPIDOPTERA

• PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835

  • PIERIS Schrank,1801

    
    

    • Pieris euorientis (Verity, 1908)

Pieris euorientis (Verity, 1908)

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Sajan" [Sayan Mts., Russia],

• SYNONYMS: vitimensis (Verity, 1911).

• RANGE. From the Altai Mts. to central Yakutia.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Altai and Sayan mts., Siberia as well as Tran sb aikalia.

• TAXONOMIC NOTES. Eitschberger (1983) considers this species as closely allied to P. dulcinea; in our opinion, however, it seems best to be treated as a subspecies of P. dulcinea.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Very similar to P. napi, but it has a single generation and almost never occurs on cultivated lands.

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