LEPIDOPTERA
PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835
PIERIS Schrank,1801
Pieris persis (Verity, 1922)
Pieris persis persis (Verity, 1922)
• 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