UK Butterflies
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Checklist Number
58.004
Only four specimens of this species have been seen in the British Isles. Two male specimens, along with a female Bath White, were caught by a schoolboy in August 1887 on the Castle Heights in Dover and are considered to be "doubtfully genuine". Another two specimens were caught in a field near Warwick on 9th May 1948. These specimens may have been accidentally imported with animal foodstuff or seeds and this may explain their presence in central England. However, this species was included in a migration report in 1948.
It should be noted that some authorities consider there to be 2 separate species - Western Dappled White (Euchloe crameri) and Mountain Dappled White (Euchloe simplonia) and, if retained, would mean that the specimens of this species are almost certainly Euchloe crameri since Euchloe simplonia is a wholly mountainous species.
| Family: | Pieridae | Swainson, 1820 |
| Subfamily: | Pierinae | Duponchel, 1835 |
| Tribe: | Anthocharini | Tutt, 1894 |
| Genus: | Euchloe | Hübner, [1819] |
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| Species: | crameri | Butler, 1869 |
Description to be completed.
This distribution status of this species is unknown.
| 1.3 Vagrant |
Description to be completed.
No conservation action is relevant for this species.
Description to be completed.
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