''Euchloe'' is a

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from the orangetip

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(Anthocharini). They are

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in distribution, with most species in Europe,

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, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called marbles; the

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species are known as dappled whites.

Classification

Listed alphabetically within groups:''Euchloe''
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Subgenus ''Euchloe'' Hübner, 1819: *'' Euchloe ausonia'' (Hübner,

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– eastern dappled white *'' Euchloe ausonides'' (Lucas, 1852) – large marble or creamy marblewing *'' Euchloe belemia'' (Esper, 1800) – green-striped white *'' Euchloe crameri'' Butler, 1869 – western dappled white *''

Euchloe creusa ''Euchloe creusa'', the northern marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in northern North America.

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– northern marble *''

Euchloe daphalis ''Euchloe daphalis'' is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in the western Pamirs, northern Afghanistan, Pakistan and India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-larg ...

'' (Moore, 1865) *'' Euchloe insularis'' (Staudinger, 1861) *''

Euchloe naina ''Euchloe naina'', the green marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in northern North America and Siberia and has been recorded mainly in the interior of Alaska but has also been recorded on Kodiak Kodiak may refer to: Places *Kodiak, A ...

'' Kozhanchikov, 1923 *'' Euchloe ogilvia'' Back, 1990 *'' Euchloe orientalis'' (Bremer, 1864) *'' Euchloe pulverata'' (Christoph, 1884) *'' Euchloe simplonia'' (Bloisduval, 1828) – mountain dappled white *''

Euchloe tagis ''Euchloe tagis'', the Portuguese dappled white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It ranges through southern Europe where it is found from Portugal to northwestern Italy and northern Africa (there are local populations in Morocco and Alge ...

'' (Hübner,

– Portuguese dappled white Subgenus ''Elphinstonia'' Klots, 1930: *''charlonia'' species group: **'' Euchloe bazae'' Fabiano, 1993 **''

Euchloe charlonia ''Euchloe charlonia'', the greenish black-tip or lemon white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its range is mainly in northern Africa, the Middle East and occasionally the southern Iberian Peninsula, especially Spain. The larvae feed on ' ...

'' (Donzel, 1842) – greenish black-tip or lemon white **''

Euchloe lucilla ''Euchloe lucilla'', the lemon white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites. The butterfly is found in India. See also *Pieridae *List of butterflies of India *List of butterflies of India (Pieridae) This is a lis ...

'' Butler, 1886 **'' Euchloe transcaspica'' (Staudinger, 1891) **''

Euchloe penia ''Euchloe penia'', the eastern greenish black-tip, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria and northern Iraq. The habitat consists of dry and warm rocky areas. The wingspa ...

'' (Freyer, 1852) * ''tomyris'' species group: **'' Euchloe lessei'' Bernardi, 1957 **''

Euchloe tomyris ''Euchloe'' is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually cal ...

'' Christoph, 1884 **''

Euchloe ziayani ''Euchloe'' is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually ca ...

'' Leestmans & Back, 2001 '' Incertae sedis'': *''

Euchloe aegyptiaca ''Euchloe aegyptiaca'' is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found from Libya to Egypt and Jordan, extending into Saudi Arabia. The larvae feed on Brassicaceae Brassicaceae () or (the older) Cruciferae () is a medium-sized and economic ...

'' Verity, 1911 *'' Euchloe falloui'' (Allard, 1867) – scarce green-striped white *'' Euchloe guaymasensis'' Opler, 1986 – Sonoran marble *'' Euchloe hyantis'' (Edwards, 1871) (sometimes in ''E. creusa'') – California marble or pearly marblewing *''

Euchloe lotta ''Euchloe lotta'', the desert marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in the interior of British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the ...

'' Beutenmüller, 1898 (sometimes in ''E. creusa'' or ''E. hyantis'') – desert marble *'' Euchloe olympia'' (Edwards, 1871) – Olympia marble

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