Biology:Euchloe olympia

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Euchloe olympia
Euchloe olympia.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Euchloe
Species:
E. olympia
Binomial name
Euchloe olympia
(W.H. Edwards, 1871)
Subspecies
  • Euchloe olympia rosa (W.H. Edwards 1872)

Euchloe olympia, the Olympia marble, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its range is southern Canada and the Midwest, down into the southwestern United States.[1] E. olympia is related to E. guaymasensis, but has a distinctive phenotype and genotype.[2]

Nectar source

Euchloe olympia has been observed to use Lepidium virginicum as its main nectar source as a larval and as an adult the main nectar source was found to be Nuttallanthus canadensis. Based on a study done in a central Illinois sand prairie, Echloe olympia was observed to show consistency on the flowers it visits to obtain its nectar from.[3]

Conservation status

The Olympia marble has been classified globally as G5/G4, meaning that globally it is a relatively stable species. The United States has not placed it under any watch as a country. However, it is in danger due to gypsy moth chemical control.

References

  1. "BMNA Species Detail Olympia Marble". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1410&chosen_state=*. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
  2. Back, W., Miller, M. A., & Opler, P. A. (2011). Genetic, phenetic, and distributional relationships of nearctic Euchloe (Pieridae, Pierinae, Anthocharidini). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 65(1), 1-14.
  3. Toliver, Michael E. (2020-06-04). "Observations on Euchloe olympia (W. H. Edwards) (Pieridae) in a Central Illinois Sand Prairie.". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 74 (2): 106. doi:10.18473/lepi.74i2.a5. ISSN 0024-0966. https://bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-the-lepidopterists-society/volume-74/issue-2/lepi.74i2.a5/Observations-on-Euchloe-olympia-W-H-Edwards-Pieridae-in-a/10.18473/lepi.74i2.a5.full. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1944792 entry