Neophasia menapia

Neophasia menapia, the pine white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in the western United States and in southern British Columbia, Canada.[1][2][3]

"Pine white" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this common name, see Catasticta nimbice.

Pine white
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Neophasia
Species:
N. menapia
Binomial name
Neophasia menapia
(C. & R. Felder, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Pieris ninonia
  • Neophasia menapia f. nigracosta

It is mostly white with black veins and wing bars. The species is similar to Neophasia terlooii but their ranges only overlap in New Mexico.[1][2]

The wingspan is 42–50 millimetres (1.7–2.0 in).[1]

The host plants are Pinus species, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Tsuga heterophylla, Abies balsamea, Abies grandis, and Picea sitchensis.[4]

Neophasia menapia are a univoltine species that lay their eggs on live pine needles, as stated by a scientific research paper ("Phylogeography and the population genertics of pine butterflies") that details the differences between Neophasia.[5]

Subspecies

Subspecies include:

  • Neophasia menapia menapia
  • Neophasia menapia tau (Scudder, 1861)[6]
  • Neophasia menapia melanica Scott, 1981
  • Neophasia menapia tehachapina Emmel, Emmel & Mattoon, 1998
  • Neophasia menapia megamenapia Austin, 1998

References
  1. Pine White, Butterflies of Canada
  2. Jim P. Brock and Kenn Kaufman (2003). Butterflies of North America. Houghton Mifflin, New York, NY. ISBN 0618153128
  3. "Species Neophasia menapia - Pine White - Hodges#4187 - BugGuide.Net". bugguide.net.
  4. Neophasia, funet.fi
  5. Halbritter, Dale A.; Storer, Caroline G.; Kawahara, Akito Y.; Daniels, Jaret C. "Phylogeography and population genetics of pine butterflies: Sky islands increase genetic divergence". Ecology and Evolution. 9 (23): 13389–13401. doi:10.1002/ece3.5793. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 6912906. PMID 31871652.
  6. Pelham, J. A Catalogue of the Butterflies and Moths of the United States and Canada. Revised 18 April 2019


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.