Black-veined White

Black-veined White

Taxobox
name = Black-veined White


image_width = 300px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Pieridae
genus = "Aporia"
species = "A. crataegi"
binomial = "Aporia crataegi"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)The Black-veined White ("Aporia crataegi") is a large butterfly of the Pieridae family.

It is found in orchards and bushes throughout most of Europe except Northern Europe, North Africa, temperate Asia, Korea and Japan [ [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] ]

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