Dawn (butterfly)

See also: Dawn

The dawn is a Insecte Lépidoptère of the family of the Pieridae.

Morphology

  • Size of the male: 19 to 24 Misters

Biology

  • Plant-hosts: Crucifère S like the Cardamine .
  • Adult visible: at the end of March at July (mainly in mountain).

Plants nouricières of the caterpillar

  • Alliaire (Alliaria petiolata), officinal Sisymbre (Sisymbrium officinal), Cardamines of the meadows (Cardamine pratensis), wild Mustard (Sinapis avensis), and various close plants.

Biotopes

  • Hedges, Edges of wood, Meadows wet, gardens… up to 1800 mêtres of altitude.

Distribution

Biological cycle

  • Only one annual generation. The eggs are laid separately on the floral buttons in May /juin; they hatch at the end of approximately a week according to the climate. The caterpillar S are observed in June and July; They attack silic of which they are in addition mimetic. The Nymphose is carried out in July. One finds the Chrysalide S on various branches or stems but very seldom on the feeder plant. According to the areas, the Imago is observed at the end of March at July.

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