- Black-veined White
Taxobox
name = Black-veined White
image_width = 300px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Pieridae
genus = "Aporia"
species = "A. crataegi"
binomial = "Aporia crataegi"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The Black-veined White ("Aporia crataegi") is a largebutterfly of thePieridae family.It is found in orchards and bushes throughout most of
Europe exceptNorthern Europe ,North Africa , temperateAsia ,Korea andJapan [ [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/aporia/index.html#crataegi Information on Aporia Crataegi] ] .It usually feeds on plants in the genus "
Prunus ". Flight time is between April and July, size is between 56mm and 68mm, and is normally found an altitudes between 500m and 2,000m [ [http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/whites/turk5.htm Butterfly Guide] ]References
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