Pieris krueperi

Staudinger, 1860

Krueper's Small White

Description:
Krueper's Small White occurs in warm, dry places on calcareous, rocky slopes with scattered low, herbaceous vegetation.
Eggs are laid on the sepals of Golden Alyssum (Alyssum saxatile), and A. montanum. The caterpillars feed on the ovaries. It hibernates as a chrysalis and has two or more generations a year.

Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Screes
Inland cliffs and exposed rocks

Similar species:
Pieris brassicae
Pieris rapae
Pieris mannii
Pieris ergane

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