Pontia sisymbrii
Appearance
Spring white | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pieridae |
Genus: | Pontia |
Species: | P. sisymbrii
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Binomial name | |
Pontia sisymbrii (Boisduval, 1852)
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Subspecies | |
5 subspecies, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Pieris sisymbrii |
Pontia sisymbrii, the spring white, California white, or Colorado white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in mountainous areas of western Canada and the United States.[1]
It is mostly white with small black markings; females may be yellowish. Similar to other checkered whites such as, Pontia beckerii, Pontia protodice, and Pontia occidentalis.[1][2]
The wingspan is 31 to 40 millimeters.[1]
The host plants are in Brassicaceae (the mustard family) and include Caulanthus, Streptanthus, and Sisymbrium altissimum, Arabis glabra, Arabis furcata, and Arabis holboelli.[3]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[3]
- Pontia sisymbrii elivata (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
- Pontia sisymbrii flavitincta (Comstock, 1924)
- Pontia sisymbrii nigravenosa Austin & Emmel, ?2003
- Pontia sisymbrii sisymbrii
- Pontia sisymbrii transversa Holland, 1995
References
- ^ a b c Spring White, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. ISBN 0-618-15312-8
- ^ a b Pontia, funet.fi
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