''Euchloe'' is a

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of pierid

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from the orangetip

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(Anthocharini). They are

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in distribution, with most species in Europe,

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, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually called marbles; the

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species are known as dappled whites.

Classification

Listed alphabetically within groups:''Euchloe''
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Subgenus ''Euchloe'' Hübner, 1819: *'' Euchloe ausonia'' (Hübner,

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– eastern dappled white *'' Euchloe ausonides'' (Lucas, 1852) – large marble or creamy marblewing *'' Euchloe belemia'' (Esper, 1800) – green-striped white *'' Euchloe crameri'' Butler, 1869 – western dappled white *'' Euchloe creusa'' (Doubleday, 847 – northern marble *'' Euchloe daphalis'' (Moore, 1865) *'' Euchloe insularis'' (Staudinger, 1861) *'' Euchloe naina'' Kozhanchikov, 1923 *'' Euchloe ogilvia'' Back, 1990 *'' Euchloe orientalis'' (Bremer, 1864) *'' Euchloe pulverata'' (Christoph, 1884) *'' Euchloe simplonia'' (Bloisduval, 1828) – mountain dappled white *'' Euchloe tagis'' (Hübner,

– Portuguese dappled white Subgenus ''Elphinstonia'' Klots, 1930: *''charlonia''

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: **'' Euchloe bazae'' Fabiano, 1993 **'' Euchloe charlonia'' (Donzel, 1842) – greenish black-tip or lemon white **'' Euchloe lucilla'' Butler, 1886 **'' Euchloe transcaspica'' (Staudinger, 1891) **'' Euchloe penia'' (Freyer, 1852) * ''tomyris'' species group: **''

Euchloe lessei ''Euchloe'' is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually ca ...

'' Bernardi, 1957 **'' Euchloe tomyris'' Christoph, 1884 **''

Euchloe ziayani ''Euchloe'' is a genus of pierid butterflies from the orangetip tribe (Anthocharini). They are Holarctic in distribution, with most species in Europe, Central Asia, and North America. Like other Anthocharini, the American species are usually ca ...

'' Leestmans & Back, 2001 ''

Incertae sedis ' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...

'': *'' Euchloe aegyptiaca'' Verity, 1911 *''

Euchloe falloui ''Euchloe falloui'', the scarce green-striped white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Mauritania, Algeria, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Arabia. The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from November to May, usually in ...

'' (Allard, 1867) – scarce green-striped white *''

Euchloe guaymasensis ''Euchloe guaymasensis'', the Sonoran marble or Sonoran white, is a species of butterfly in the family Pieridae.Euchloe hyantis ''Euchloe hyantis'', the pearly marble, pearly marblewing or California marble, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found on the West Coast of North America from southern Oregon south through California west of the Sierra Nevada crest to ...

'' (Edwards, 1871) (sometimes in ''E. creusa'') – California marble or pearly marblewing *'' Euchloe lotta'' Beutenmüller, 1898 (sometimes in ''E. creusa'' or ''E. hyantis'') – desert marble *'' Euchloe olympia'' (Edwards, 1871) – Olympia marble

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