Gonepteryx farinosa

Gonepteryx farinosa
Gonepteryx farinosa Turkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Gonepteryx
Species:	G. farinosa
Binomial name
Gonepteryx farinosa (Zeller, 1847) [1]

Gonepteryx farinosa , the Powdered Brimstone, is a butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the whites family.

Subspecies

• G. f. farinosa Southeast, Asia Minor, Syria, Iran, Transcaucasia, Pamirs-Alai, Himalaya
• G. f. turcirana de Freina, 1983 Caucasus Minor, Armenian Highland
• G. f. meridioirana de Freina, 1983 Kopet-Dagh
• G. f. chitralensis Moore, 1906 Ghissar, Alai, Darvaz, West Pamirs

Description from Seitz

For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Gonepteryx farinosa from West Asia (the occurrence in North Africa is very doubtful), is conspicuously larger than specimens of G. rhamni from Central Europe or even South France; the scaling of the male is thick, chalky, being lighter above and below on the distal portion of the wings, the whole hindwing, moreover, being somewhat lighter in tint than the forewing; the yellow central spots are more indistinct, being often absent from the forewing, especially in females; the latter still paler than G. rhamni females. The specific distinctness of G. farinosa has often been doubted, as G. farinosa occurs together with G. rhamni and G. cleopatra (for instance in southern Asia Minor). ^[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Rhamnus , Ziziphus , Paliurus

References

1. Zeller, 1847 Verzeichnis der vom Professor Dr. Loew in der Türkei und Asien gesammelten Lepidoptera Isis von Oken 1847 (1) : 3-39
2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .