Pieris melete Ménétriès, 1857

Japanese name: スジグロシロチョウ

English common names are not assigned automatically on this site. Scientific names are used as the primary identifier when available, and Japanese names are shown only as local reference names.

Overview

Scientific name: Pieris melete Ménétriès, 1857
Japanese name: スジグロシロチョウ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Pieridae (シロチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 14
Adult season: 3月下旬～4月上旬

Summary

Pieris melete Ménétriès, 1857 is documented here as a butterfly associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Pieridae (シロチョウ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 3月下旬～4月上旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Orychophragmus violaceus
Japanese name: ショカツサイ
Tropaeolum majus
Japanese name: ノウゼンハレン
Tarenaya hassleriana
Japanese name: セイヨウフウチョウソウ
Catolobus pendula
Japanese name: エゾハタザオ
Cardamine impatiens var. impatiens
Japanese name: ジャニンジン
Cardamine scutata
Japanese name: オオバタネツケバナ
Cardamine dentipetala
Japanese name: オオケタネツケバナ
Cardamine leucantha
Japanese name: コンロンソウ
Cardamine nipponica
Japanese name: ミヤマタネツケバナ
Cardamine yezoensis
Japanese name: エゾワサビ
Rorippa sylvestris
Japanese name: キレハイヌガラシ
Barbarea vulgaris
Japanese name: ハルザキヤマガラシ
Lunaria annua
Japanese name: ゴウダソウ
Raphanus sativus
Japanese name: ダイコン

Original source note

3月下旬～4月上旬