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Euchloe creusa (Northern Marblewing)

Synonyms: Anthocharis creusa (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Euchloe creusa, the northern marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in northern North America. 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 24 to 36 mm. The northern marble's flight season is from late May to mid-July. Larvae feed on Draba and Brassicaceae species.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.181 inches (.03 m)

Prey / Diet

Draba breweri (cushion draba)[2]
Draba lanceolata[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Cardamine angustata (slender toothwort)[3]
Claytonia virginica (narrow-leaved spring beauty)[3]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3Motten, A. F. 1986. Pollination ecology of the spring wildflower community of a temperate deciduous forest. Ecological Monographs 56:21-42.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0