Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767)

Gonepteryx cleopatra (Linnaeus, 1767) View in CoL ( Pieridae ) **

L4; 16/VII/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 25/VII/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 06/VII/2020, nect. on T. caeruleum , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 08/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 22/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 29/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 11/II/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 18/V/2022, perch. on Rhamnus alaternus L., 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 15/III/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 11/III/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 23/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 06/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 01/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 06/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 12/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 12/III/2023, females perch. on R. lycioides var. oleoides , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 19/III/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L7; 18/II/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L12; 14/VI/2021, nect. on S. atropurpurea , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 08/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 27/VI/2021, nect. on S. atropurpurea , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 16/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L16; 16/V/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 14/VI/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 15/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 15/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 12/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L27; 27/VII/2020, nect. on T. caeruleum , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L27; 14/VI/2021, nect. on T. caeruleum , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L27; 29/VI/2021, nect. on T. caeruleum , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 05/V/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L37; 09/VI/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 28/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 10/VII/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L44; 07/V/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L45; 05/VII/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L58; 22/II/2023, 1 male ex. v., JLR.; L61; 25/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L73; 18/II/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L85; 05/VII/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L85; 03/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 25/VII/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L92; 23/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L95; 21/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L96; 25/VII/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L97; 18/V/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: Observations were recorded at 25 localities within 11 1× 1 km UTM squares between March and July. These constitute the first records for Ceuta. Imagines have been observed nectaring on T. caeruleum and S. atropurpurea . The larval host plants in Ceuta are likely to be R. alaternus and R. lycioides , on which femAles hAve been seen ovipositing, in AccordAnce with the species’ known behaviour ( Tarrier & Delacre, 2008; García-Barros et al., 2013; Tarrier, 2025a).