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Leptidea sp.
Ok, I will identify as Leptidea sp., all I can see about antennae is their color and shape, they are black and white, probably it won't help.
Could be, but with all the knowledge about the difficulties to separate and sometimes conflicting results of the ranges, I personally would go with Leptidea sp.. For the separation of Duponchali and Sinapis we would need an antennae close-up and the other ones in the complex are impossible to ID without genital examination and/or DNA.
hahahaha butterflies in Croatia are not calm, it didn't want to show me other parts of body :D I am suffering with this butterfly for a month, and came to same result as you are. It was spotted in beech and hornbeam forest, in mountain, and I thought it is closest to L. sinapsis. Can it be?
Pieridae, Dismorphinae, Leptidea sp. Tricky one! It is either L. sinapis/reali/juvernica (complex) or L. duponchali. Do you have a closer shot of the antennae? Or DNA/genitals? ;-)...
Spotted on May 1, 2013
Submitted on Jul 3, 2013
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