Staudinger, 1869
Description:
This butterfly inhabits warm, dry places with flower-rich, grassy vegetation and scattered bushes.
Eggs are laid one by one on the flowerbuds of various crucifers, such as the buckler mustards Biscutella laevigata and B. auriculata, London Rocket (Sisymbrium irio), and Hedge Mustard (S. officinale).
The caterpillars feed mainly on ovaries, but at times are also cannibalistic.
This species hibernates as a chrysalis and has one generation a year.
Habitat:
Dry siliceous grasslands
Dry calcareous grasslands
Sclerophyllous scrub
Similar species:
Anthocharis cardamines
Anthocharis damone
Anthocharis gruneri