Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)
Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)

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Eastern Dappled White (Euchloe ausonia)


Photo © Chris van Swaay
FamilyPieridae
SubfamilyPierinae
GenusEuchloe
Speciesausonia
Authority(Hübner, [1804])
English NameEastern 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

Albania / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Croatia / Cyprus / Finland (Irregular Vagrant) / Greece / Greece: Mainland / Greece: East Aegean Islands / Greece: Kirti (Crete) / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Italy: Sicily / North Macedonia / Moldova / Montenegro / Romania / European Russia / Serbia / Serbia: Serbia / Serbia: Kosovo / European Türkiye / Ukraine /

Larval Foodplants

#OrderFamilyGenusSpeciesVernacular NameLink
1BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBiscutellalaevigata
2BrassicalesBrassicaceaeBuniaserucago
3BrassicalesBrassicaceaeIsatistinctoriaWoad
4BrassicalesBrassicaceaeLepidiumPepperworts
5BrassicalesBrassicaceaeRhamphospermumnigrum