Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871) is a animal in the Pieridae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871) (Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871))
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Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871)

The Olympia marble (Euchloe olympia) is a Pieridae butterfly found across parts of North America, distinct from its relative E. guaymasensis.

Family
Genus
Euchloe
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Euchloe olympia (Edwards, 1871)

Euchloe olympia, commonly known as the Olympia marble, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Pieridae. It was first described by Edwards in 1871. This butterfly's distribution spans from southern Canada through the American Midwest, extending south into the southwestern United States. Euchloe olympia is closely related to Euchloe guaymasensis, but it possesses both a distinctive phenotype and a distinctive genotype.

Photo: (c) Angus Mossman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Angus Mossman · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Pieridae Euchloe

More from Pieridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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