''Euchloe belemia'', the green-striped white, is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the

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Pieridae. Its range is northern

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, Arabia (

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) and the southern

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, especially

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and

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. The

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is . Adults are on wing from February to June. The larvae feed on ''

Sisymbrium ''Sisymbrium'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. Selected species * '' Sisymbrium altissimum'' – Jim Hill mustard, tall rocket, tall tumblemustard * '' Sisymbrium crassifolium'' * '' Sisymbrium erysimoides'' * '' Sisymbrium ...

'' species (including '' Sisymbrium bourgeanum''), '' Diplotaxis tennuisiliqua'' and '' Biscutella didyma''.

Subspecies

*''Euchloe belemia hesperidum''

Rothschild Rothschild () is a name derived from the German ''zum rothen Schild'' (with the old spelling "th"), meaning "with the red sign", in reference to the houses where these family members lived or had lived. At the time, houses were designated by signs ...

1913 *''Euchloe belemia eversi'' Eversi 1963 *''Euchloe belemia abyssinica'' Stamm 1928 (Ethiopia, Somalia) *''Euchloe belemia belemia,'' Esper,1800 (Oman, United Arab Emirates) *''Euchloe belemia palaestinensis'' Rüber 1907

References

Euchloe Butterflies described in 1800 Butterflies of Africa Butterflies of Europe Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper {{Pieridae-stub