Anthocharis damone syra ( Verity, 1911 )

Naderi, Alireza, Back, Werner, Scalercio, Stefano & Nazari, Vazrick, 2025, Higher phylogeny of Orange Tips (Anthocharis) with a focus on population structure in A. damone (Lepidoptera, Pieridae), Ecologica Montenegrina 83, pp. 74-91 : 83

Anthocharis damone syra ( Verity, 1911)

Euchloë damone race syra Verity 1911 , Rhop. palae.: 342, pl. 59, f. 27-28. Type locality: “ Aïn Zahalta , Syrie” [ Syria]

= Anthocharis damone ab. damolasthenia Bang-Haas 1937, Ent. Zeit. 51: 36. Type locality: “ Syria mer., Djezin , Libanon occ., 900 m ” .

Material examined: Lebanon: 3♂ 2♀ 30 km E Beirut, Sofar , Medeirej [Mudeirej] bridge, 1300 m, 7.- 16.IV.1968 ; 2♂ 2♀ ibid, 13.IV.1972, leg. K. Rose (coll. Back) . Israel: 30♂, 3♀ Mt. Meron Beit Jann , 700 m, 2.IV.1971, leg. Westphal (coll. Back) ; 8♂, 8♀ Mt. Hermon , Majdal Shams, 1000-1400 m, 1.- 2.IV.1979, leg. Westphal (coll. Back) ; 3♂ Avivim , 22.III.2014, leg. V. Lukhtanov , A. Novikova, N. Shapoval & A. Vershinin (coll. ZIN-RAS) ; 1♂ Hermon , 2.IV.1971, leg. R. Westphal (coll. McGuire) , 1♂ Mt. Hermon , Majdal Shams, 2.IV.1979, leg. R. Westphal (coll. Back) .

Distribution. Israel, Lebanon, Syria.

Differential diagnosis. Smaller and lighter habitus, ♂ ♀ up gc paler, ♀ very clear, ♂ upfw black band at the end of orange apical spot small, reduced or absent; unhw greenish-grey mottling poorly developed; white veins of ♀ in apex of upfw mostly larger as in eunomia.

Notes. Isatis lusitanica and Brassicaceae have been reported as hostplants ( Tshikolovets & Ben Yehuda, 2020).