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''Euchloe falloui'', the scarce green-striped white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in
Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
, Algeria,
Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...
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Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
, Libya, Somalia and Arabia. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from November to May, usually in two but sometimes in three generations per year. The larvae feed on ''
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'', '' Schouwia thebaica'' and '' Zilla spinosa''.


Subspecies

*''Euchloe falloui falloui'' (Mauritania, Algeria, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Somalia, Saudi Arabia) *''Euchloe falloui saudi'' Larsen, 1983 (Saudi Arabia)


References

Euchloe Butterflies described in 1867 Butterflies of Africa Butterflies of Asia {{Pieridae-stub