Euchloe lotta
Species of butterfly
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Euchloe lotta, the desert marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.[1]
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| Desert marble | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Euchloe |
| Species: | E. lotta |
| Binomial name | |
| Euchloe lotta (Beutenmüller, 1898) | |
It is mostly white with black markings on the topside of the forewing tips and body. The underside has greenish-grey veins especially in the hindwing. The wingspan is from 38 to 40 mm.[1]
The desert marble's flight season in North America is from April to May.[1] It inhabits sagelands, deserts, juniper woodland, dry, rocky areas, dry ravines, and canyon walls.[2]
Larvae feed on Arabis furcata, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis bolboellii, and Halimolobos whitedi.[3]
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