LEPIDOPTERA

• PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835

  • PIERIS Schrank,1801

    
    

    • Pieris ochsenheimeri (Staudinger, 1886)

Pieris ochsenheimeri (Staudinger, 1886)

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Namangan" [Southern slope of Chatkalsky Mts., W. Tian-Shan]; "Alai-Gebirge sudlicher von Margelan" [Northern slope ofAlaisky Mts., Kirghizia].

• RANGE. Confined to the mountains of Middle Asia.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Ghissar, Alai, W. Tian-Shan-thenominate subspecies; Darvaz - ssp. gerhardi Eitschberger, [1984].

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Humid mountain meadows at1,700-3,000 m a.s.1. Flight period: June-July in a single generation.

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