Zegris eupheme (Esper 1804)

Very limited

Size: 46-50 mm. The upperside of the forewing has apical grey area (smaller or ± absent in female) enclosing orange colour, with a curved central black mark . The underside of the hindwing in male is yellow marbled grey-green, while in female just with yellow apex.

Sinai border

Narrow (South Europe, North Africa, Middle East)

Arid habitats below 1000 m.

Not Assessed (not resident in Egypt)

One generation per year.

1 record, in 1986

Vagrant

The subspecies in southern Jordan, Sinai and the Hedjaz is ssp. larseni Pittaway, which is isolated from the populations of the Dead Sea area and the Jordanian desert

April-June

Host-plants: Sinapis, Isatis.