Pieris ergane
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The Mountain Small White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae
family. It is found in Southern Europe, Asia Minor
, Syria
, Iraq
, Iran
and Transcaucasia.
The length of the forewings is 19-24 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in two to three generations
The larvae feed on Aethionema saxatile and Aethionema orbiculatum.
Pieridae
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...
family. It is found in Southern Europe, Asia Minor
Asia Minor
Asia Minor is a geographical location at the westernmost protrusion of Asia, also called Anatolia, and corresponds to the western two thirds of the Asian part of Turkey...
, Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
and Transcaucasia.
The length of the forewings is 19-24 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in two to three generations
The larvae feed on Aethionema saxatile and Aethionema orbiculatum.