Portuguese dappled white

Euchloe tagis

''Euchloe tagis'', the Portuguese dappled white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae.

It ranges through Southern Europe where it is found from Portugal to Northwestern Italy and Northern Africa .

This species is found in local, discrete populations limited to fairly small areas of suitable habitat which is invariably made of calcareous outcrops with Mediterranean scrubland where the foodplants, crucifers of the genus Iberis are to be found.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyPieridae
GenusEuchloe
SpeciesE. tagis
Photographed in
Portugal