''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

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, the American species are usually called marbles; the

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species are known as dappled whites.

Classification

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Subgenus ''Euchloe'' Hübner, 1819: *''

Euchloe ausonia ''Euchloe ausonia'', the eastern dappled white, is a southern European and Palearctic butterfly found mostly to the south and east of its almost indistinguishable relative the western dappled white. Description The wingspan is 36–48 mm ...

'' (Hübner, 803-1804 – eastern dappled white *''

Euchloe ausonides ''Euchloe ausonides'', the large marble or creamy marblewing, is a species of butterfly that occurs in western North America. It lays eggs on the terminal flower buds of a variety of plants in the mustard family, including introduced Eurasian spe ...

'' (Lucas, 1852) – large marble or creamy marblewing *''

Euchloe belemia ''Euchloe belemia'', the green-striped white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its range is northern Africa, Arabia (Oman, United Arab Emirates) and the southern Iberian peninsula, especially Spain and Portugal. The wingspan is . Adults a ...

'' (Esper, 1800) – green-striped white *''

Euchloe crameri ''Euchloe crameri'', the western dappled white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Description Fore and hind wings pearly white on the upperside, with a black apex , mottled white. Underside of the forewings very similar, although the a ...

'' Butler, 1869 – western dappled white *''

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

'' (Doubleday,

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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 ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' Back, 1990 *''

Euchloe orientalis ''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 ...

'' (Bremer, 1864) *''

Euchloe pulverata ''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 c ...

'' (Christoph, 1884) *''

Euchloe simplonia ''Euchloe simplonia'', the mountain dappled white, is a butterfly found in the mountainous regions of Western Europe. Its main foods are ''Sinapis'', ''Isatis'', ''Aethionema'', ''Iberis'' and '' Biscutella'' species. Though data are lacking, i ...

'' (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, 803-1804 – Portuguese dappled white Subgenus ''Elphinstonia'' Klots, 1930: *''charlonia''

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: **''

Euchloe bazae ''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 ...

'' Fabiano, 1993 **'' Euchloe charlonia'' (Donzel, 1842) – greenish black-tip or lemon white **'' Euchloe lucilla'' Butler, 1886 **''

Euchloe transcaspica ''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 ...

'' (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 ''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 ...

'' Bernardi, 1957 **'' Euchloe tomyris'' Christoph, 1884 **'' Euchloe ziayani'' Leestmans & Back, 2001 ''

Incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...

'': *'' Euchloe aegyptiaca'' 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'' Beutenmüller, 1898 (sometimes in ''E. creusa'' or ''E. hyantis'') – desert marble *''

Euchloe olympia Dangers To Olympia Marble ''Euchloe olympia'', the Olympia marble, is a butterfly in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relatio ...

'' (Edwards, 1871) – Olympia marble

References

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