Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)
Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)

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Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri)


Photo © Johannes van Donge
FamilyPieridae
SubfamilyPierinae
GenusEuchloe
Speciescrameri
AuthorityButler, 1869
English NameWestern Dappled White
European Red List 2010Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 Red List 2010Least Concern (LC)
European Red List 2025Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 Red List 2025Least Concern (LC)
Habitats Directive
Bern Convention
CITES

Description

Due to data availability we here treat Euchloe ausonia (HÜBNER, 1806), Euchloe simplonia Freyer, 1829, and Euchloe crameri BUTLER, 1869, as the Dappled White species complex, knowing that they are normally being treated as distinct species. The Dappled Whites are species of warm, dry places. They occur on flower-rich grasslands and waste ground, along hedges and the edges of woods. Various crucifers are used as larval foodplant, such as a Charlock (Sisymbrium arvensis), Woad (Isatis tinctoria), buckler mustards (Biscutella spp.), Evergreen Candytuft (Iberis sempervirens), and Crested Bunias (Bunias erucago). The caterpillars feed on the flowers and ripening seeds. They are double-brooded and hibernate as pupa.

Distribution

Andorra / France / France: Mainland / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Portugal / Portugal: Mainland / Spain / Spain: Mainland / United Kingdom: Gibraltar /

Larval Foodplants

#OrderFamilyGenusSpeciesVernacular NameLink
1BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutella
2BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellaauriculata
3BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellacoronopifolia
4BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellalaevigata
5BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBuniaserucago
6BrassicalesBrassicaceaeCoincyamonensis ssp. cheiranthos
7BrassicalesBrassicaceaeDiplotaxisWall-rockets
8BrassicalesBrassicaceaeDiplotaxistenuifoliaPerennial Wall-rocket
9BrassicalesBrassicaceaeHirschfeldiaincanaHoary Mustard
10BrassicalesBrassicaceaeIberispinnata
11BrassicalesBrassicaceaeIberissaxatilis
12BrassicalesBrassicaceaeIsatistinctoriaWoad
13BrassicalesBrassicaceaeMoricandiamoricandioides
14BrassicalesBrassicaceaeRaphanusraphanistrumWild Radish (see ssp.)
15BrassicalesBrassicaceaeRaphanusraphanistrum ssp. landra
16BrassicalesBrassicaceaeRapistrumrugosumBastard Cabbage
17BrassicalesBrassicaceaeRhamphospermumarvense
18BrassicalesBrassicaceaeRhamphospermumnigrum
19BrassicalesBrassicaceaeSinapisMustards
20BrassicalesBrassicaceaeSinapisalbaWhite Mustard
21BrassicalesBrassicaceaeSisymbriumRockets