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Euchloe lotta (Desert Marble)

Synonyms: Euchloe hyantis lotta

Wikipedia Abstract

Euchloe lotta, the desert marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in the interior of British Columbia, Canada. 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. The desert marble's flight season in North America is from April to May. Larvae feed on Arabis furcata, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis bolboellii, and Halimolobos whitedi.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.535 inches (.039 m)

Prey / Diet

Arabis furcata (Columbia Gorge rockcress)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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.
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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