Gonepteryx maxima
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| Gonepteryx maxima | |
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| Gonepteryx maxima in Rhopalocera nihonica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Gonepteryx |
| Species: | G. maxima |
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| Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 | |
Gonepteryx maxima is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found from north-eastern China to Korea, Japan, the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri) and Japan.[1] The habitat consists of steppe and forest-steppe areas.
Adults are on wing from the end of July to September. Adults overwinter and fly again from May to June.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus ussuriensis.[2]
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