Eastern Wood White (Leptidea duponcheli)
Species

Taken at Gorje Taboriste, Croatia, on June 5th 2017.
(1/640th sec at f13. © David Hastings)

Description

Family: Pieridae

Wing span: 40 - 42mm

This species is very similar to the Wood White, with which it is con-specific. Unlike the Wood White, its antennae clubs have no white on them, and its upper surfaces are almost all white. The sexes are similar.

It has a scattered distribution in SE Europe, with some isolated colonies in SE France and NW Italy.

Its habitats are sparse woodland and forest edges, hot and rocky gullies, and upland dry meadows below 1200m.

There are two broods per year, the first in April/May and the second in June/July.

The larvae feed on legumes (Lathyrus, Lotus uliginosus).

Sightings

05-Jun-2017 : Gornje Taboriste, Croatia

21-Jul-2015 : nr Petrovo, Bulgaria
20-Jul-2015 : Kresna Gorge, Bulgaria