Euchloe crameri
         
Western Dappled White  
La Piéride des biscutelles  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Euchloe crameri - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   2] same specimen as 1]  
       
       
   
3] male - Var (France) - 27/02/2013   4] same specimen as 3]  
       
       
   
5] other male - Var (France) - 27/02/2013
 		   6] male . The pattern on the hindwing underside can vary a lot - Var (France) -  07/05/2017  
       
       
   
7] female of Euchloe crameri - Var (France) - 19/05/2009   8] same specimen as 7]  
       
       
   
9] female - Var (France)  21/04/2012   10] same specimen as 9]  
       
       
   
11] female - Var (France) - 10/03/2013   12] Var (France) - 19/04/2011  
       
       
   
13] Var (France) - 19/04/2011   14] Var (France) - 08/04/2011  
       
       
   
15] female laying on a flower bud of Isatis tinctoria - Var (france) - 20/05/2009   16] same specimen as 15]
 		  
       
       
   
17] female laying on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   18] same specimen as 17]
 		  
       
       
   
19] female laying on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 14/05/2013   20] same female as 19]
 		  
       
       
   
21] young caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 14/05/2013   22] caterpillar on Rapistrum rugosum - Var (France) - 02/06/2013  
       
       
   
23] caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata  -  Var  (France)  - 20/05/2011   24] other caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 20/05/2011  
       
       
   
25] caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 08/05/2015   26] caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 10/05/2013  
       
       
   
27] other caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 10/05/2013   28] caterpillar on Rapistrum rugosum - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 30/06/2013  
       
       
   
29] caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata - Var (France) - 14/05/2013

 		   30] caterpillar on Rapistrum rugosum, showing colour changes preceding the nymphal molting process - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 30/06/2013  
       
       
   
31] caterpillar on Biscutella laevigata whose grey bands turned to purple the day before the nymphal molting process - Var (France) - 23/05/2013   32] same larva as 31]

 		  
       
       
   
33] same larva as 32], still on the 23rd of May, 2013. It has made a silk belt in order to get attached to the stone surface, then remains motionless for several hours   34] chrysalis that originated from the caterpillar in picture 33], after the nymphal molting process - Var (France) - 24/05/2013
 		  
       
       
   
35] same chrysalis as 34] on the 15th of June, 2013. Its colours clearly faded to beige, which makes it less easy to spot by predators.
Amazingly, the butterfly emerged on the 25th of March in 2015 ! Thus the chrysalis overwintered two times before the butterfly finally emerges ; the chrysalis was kept outdoor under observation since 2013, protected against direct sun and rain in an insect cage. It did not undergo significative external changes from 2013 to 2015.
  
36] view of the empty chrysalis tegument, after the butterfly emerged - Var (France) - 28/03/2015






 		  
       
       
     
37] chrysalis - Var (France) - 21/05/2013      
       
       
       
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