Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Gruner's Orange-tip
Description:
Gruner's Orange-tip lives on dry, open grasslands, on rocky, often calcareous slopes, scrub and clearings in dry woodland. The eggs are laid on Aethionema species, including Burnt Candytuft (A. saxatile) and A. orbiculatum, the caterpillars eating both the leaves and ripening seeds.
It is single-brooded.
Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Phrygana vegetation
Screes
Sclerophyllous scrub
Similar species:
Anthocharis cardamines
Anthocharis euphenoides
Anthocharis damone