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LEPIDOPTERA

Pieris persis persis (Verity, 1922)

  Pieris persis

• TYPE LOCALITY. "Husseinabad" [Iran].

• RANGE. Iran and the Kopet-Dagh.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Kopet-Dagh populated by the nominate subspecies (= higginsi Warren, 1961).

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Flight period: April-September in two generations at 500-1,500 m a.s.1.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997