''Euchloe simplonia'', the mountain dappled white, is a butterfly found in the mountainous regions of

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Sinapis ''Sinapis'' is a genus of plants in the family Brassicaceae. , six species are recognised by ''The Plant List'': *''Sinapis alba'' L. – white mustard, formerly ''Brassica alba'' *''Sinapis allionii'' Jacq. *''Sinapis arvensis'' L. — charlock ...

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Isatis ''Isatis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, native to the Mediterranean region east to central Asia. Its genus name, Isatis, derives from the ancient Greek word for the plant, ἰσάτις. The genus includes woad (''I ...

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Aethionema ''Aethionema'' is a genus of flowering plants within the family Brassicaceae. They are known as stonecresses. Stonecresses originate from sunny limestone mountainsides in Europe and West Asia, especially Turkey. ''Aethionema'' have typically pe ...

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Iberis ''Iberis'' , commonly called candytuft, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Brassicaceae. It comprises annuals, evergreen perennials and subshrubs native to the Old World. The name "candytuft" is not related to candy, but deri ...

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Biscutella ''Biscutella'' is a genus of about 46 species of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae, according to Appel, O. & Al-Shehbaz, I. 2003.Appel, O. & Al-Shehbaz, I. (2003). Cruciferae. In Kubitzki, K. (Series Editor):"The Families and Genera o ...

'' species. Though data are lacking, it is believed that the species is restricted to a small area of the western Alps and is endangered in Europe. The species is closely related to ''

Euchloe naina ''Euchloe naina'', the green marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in northern North America and Siberia and has been recorded mainly in the interior of Alaska but has also been recorded on Kodiak Kodiak may refer to: Places *Kodiak, A ...

'', and cross-breeding experiments suggest that ''E. nania'' may be a subspecies, though this is contested on morphological grounds.Dubatolov, V.V. and O.E. Kosterin (1994). "A new subspecies of the Euchloe ausonia Huebner species group from the highlands of the Dzungarian Alatau (East Kazakhstan) (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)." Atalanta (Marktleuthen) 25(3-4): 513-520

References

Euchloe Butterflies described in 1878 Butterflies of Europe Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Boisduval {{Pieridae-stub