Dangers To Olympia Marble ''Euchloe olympia'', the Olympia marble, is a

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Pieridae. Its range is southern Canada and the midwest, down into the southwestern United States. E.Olympia is related to E.Guaymasensis but has a distinctive phenotype and genotype. Back, W., Miller, M. A., & Opler, P. A. (2011). Genetic, phenetic, and distributional relationships of nearctic Euchloe (Pieridae, Pierinae, Anthocharidini). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 65(1), 1-14.

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The Olympia Marble has been classified globally as G5/G4, meaning that globally it is a relatively stable species. The United States has not placed it under any watch as a country. However, it is in danger due to Gypsy Moth chemical control. Euchloe Olympia exhibits individualistic behavior in many aspects. Such as its phenotype and genotype but also its feeding and mating behavior. Euchloe Butterflies of North America Butterflies described in 1871 Taxa named by William Henry Edwards {{Pieridae-stub