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Pieris narina (Verity, 1908)

Pieris narina

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Naryn" [Naryn, Inner Tian-Shan, Kirghizia].

• RANGE. Tian-Shan.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Inhabiting N. and Inner Tian-Shan as well as Dzhungarsky Alatau.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Humid mountain meadows and stream valleys at 1,500-3,000 m a.s.1. Flight period: July-August, presumably in a single generation.

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