Gonepteryx maxima is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found from north-eastern China to Korea, Japan, the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri) and Japan.[1] The habitat consists of steppe and forest-steppe areas.
| Gonepteryx maxima | |
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| Gonepteryx maxima in Rhopalocera nihonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Gonepteryx |
| Species: | G. maxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885
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Adults are on wing from the end of July to September. Adults overwinter and fly again from May to June.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus ussuriensis.[2]
Subspecies edit
- Gonepteryx maxima maxima
- Gonepteryx maxima amurensis Graeser, 1888 (Amur, Ussuri)
References edit
- ^ Gonepteryx at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 at Russian Insects
- Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 at Insecta.pro
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