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Pieris balcana

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77: 52: 33: 211:. The species has white upper wings with darkened apex tips. Females contain 2 dark spots on the forewing whereas males only contain 1 that are sometimes absent. The underside of the wings is yellowish with gray scales running along the veines of the wings. The species can be differentiated from the similar 287:
in 2009 due to it having a large occurrence and population size of more than 10,000 adult individuals with no decline in populations of more than 25% in the previous 10 years. It also occurs in a number of protected areas across its range.
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at elevations up to 1,300 meters. The species inhabits vegitated areas alongside hedges and edges of
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members which the larvae feed on, where the adult generations then occur from March to October.
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from the underside wing gray scales being more spread out and faded, compared to the scales of
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and woodland clearings. Forest habitats the species inhabits include
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Index


Conservation status
Least Concern
IUCN 3.1
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pieridae
Pieris
Binomial name
butterfly
Pieridae
Pieris napi
Balkans
Croatia
Bulgaria
Greece
woodland
broadleaf deciduous forests
coniferous
mixed woodlands
Brassicaceae
Least concern
IUCN Red List

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