Mountain Dappled White
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The Mountain Dappled White (Euchloe simplonia) is a butterfly found in the mountainous regions of Western Europe
and Northern Africa. Its main foods are sinapis
, isatis
, athionema, iberis
and biscutella
species.
Western Europe
Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...
and Northern Africa. Its main foods are sinapis
Sinapis
Sinapis is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. One of the species in this genus is White mustard . Black mustard is sometimes placed in this genus as well, but is more often placed in the related genus Brassica...
, isatis
Isatis
Isatis is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia. The genus includes woad ....
, athionema, iberis
Iberis
Iberis is a genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It comprises herbs and subshrubs of the Old World. These species are commonly known as candytufts...
and biscutella
Biscutella
Biscutella is a genus of about 46 species of flowering plants of Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family, according to Appel, O. & Al-Shehbaz, I. 2003 .It contains the following species:* Biscutella laevigata...
species.