Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800)

Euchloe belemia (Esper, 1800) View in CoL ( Pieridae ) *

L4; 22/V/2020, perch. on Diplotaxis sp. , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L5; 11/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/V/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 23/V/2020, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. and Biscutella sp. , 4 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 06/V/2021, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 25/III/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/III/2023, nect. on L. dentata , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 06/V/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 19/III/2023, nect. on L. dentata , B. boetica , and Aphyllanthes monspeliensis L., 4 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 07/III/2020, 4 ex. coll., JLR.; L13; 08/V/2021, perch. on Diplotaxis sp. and E. vesicaria , 11 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 17/IV/2021, nect. on E. vesicaria and Diplotaxis sp. , 12 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 25/III/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 06/III/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 14/V/2022, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. and E. vesicaria , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 07/III/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L16; 16/V/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 15/V/2021, perch. on Diplotaxis sp. and E. vesicaria , 6 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 18/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 15/V/2022, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 17/I/2020, nect. on O. pes-caprae , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 21/VI/2020, very worn, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 28/II/2020, perch. on Diplotaxis sp. , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 17/X/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 19/II/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 25/III/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 05/V/2023, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. , 8 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 20/XI/2023, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 15/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L74; 02/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 08/V/2021, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. , 6 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 15/V/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L94; 06/VI/2020, nect. on Sisymbrium sp. L., very worn, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L124; 11/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L130; 07/V/2023, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 09/III/2020, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 10/II/2020, very active, some perching on Diplotaxis sp. , 7 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 20/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 19/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 21/I/2023, perch. on O. pes-caprae , 4 ex. v., JLR.; L133; 19/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L133; 23/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 01/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 14/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L154; 11/IV/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L155; 21/I/2023, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L156; 16/IV/2024, nect. on Succowia balearica (L.) Medik., 4 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 18/V/2020, 8 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 10/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 23/III/2021, 11 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 21/I/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 3/XII/2023, nect. on D. gnidium , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 21/IV/2024, nect. on S. balearica and E. vesicaria , 4 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: Recorded from 21 localities located within 13 1× 1 km UTM squares. These represent the first records for Ceuta, though the species had been mentioned in a general context by Bacallado Aránega et al. (2012). It is widely distributed and relatively abundant in the study area. Imagines have been observed flying from November through June and nectaring on Diplotaxis sp. , E. vesicaria , S. balearica , L. dentata , D. gnidium , B. boetica , O. pes-caprae , A. monspeliensis , and Sisymbrium sp.