Anthocharis damone damone Boisduval, 1836

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 : 80

Anthocharis damone damone Boisduval, 1836

Anthocharis Damone Boisduval, 1836 , Spec. gén. Lépid. 1: 564. Type locality: “ Sicile ” [ Italy, Sicily]

= Anthocharis damone privimacula m. f. n. Stauder 1922, Mitt. munch. ent. Ges. 12: 24. Type locality: “ Aspermonte ” [S Italy, Calabria]

= Anthocaris [sic!] damone limbata Verity 1947, Farfalle diurne d’Italia 3:142. Type locality: not stated.

Material examined: Italy: Sicily: 101♂ 72♀ Catania, Monte Etna (coll. Back) ; 1♂ ibid, 11.V.2012 ( CSIC-UPF) ; 1♂ Catania, Ragalna , 11.IV.2011 ( CSIC-UPF) ; 2♂ Catania, Zafferana , 12.IV.2011 ( CSIC-UPF) . Calabria: 2♂ 2♀ Aspromonte (coll. Back) ; 2♂ 1♀ Aspromonte, Bagaladi , 4.IV.2012, leg. L. Dapporto ( CSIC-UPF) .

Distribution. S. Italy (Sicily and S Calabria)

Differential diagnosis. gc bright yellow, ♂ orange apical spot usually extends only to the black band, costa fw usually orange; discoidal spot of ♂ and especially of ♀ strong; ♀ fw apex with small but distinct yellow veins; ♀ uphw often with an orange suffusion.

Notes. Jutzeler et al. (1998) report a hybrid between A. damone and E. ausonia from near Pedara (Etna), Sicily. Nardelli (1987) reports a hybrid between A. damone and Euchloe simplonia from Sicily.