Aporia crataegi (Black-veined White)
Originator: John Skartveit
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Articulate animals)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (Moths and butterflies)
Group: Rhopalocera (Butterflies)
Family: Pieridae (Whites)
Subfamily: Pierinae
Genus: Aporia
Species: Aporia crataegi (Black-veined White)
Norwegian name: Hagtornsommerfugl
Host plants: Apple (Malus ×domestica), Apple (Malus), Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Crataegus monogyna, European Pear (Pyrus communis), Garden Plum (Prunus domestica), Hawthorn (Crataegus), Pear (Pyrus), Prunus, Sorbus
Confusion species: Parnassius mnemosyne (Clouded Apollo), Pieris napi (Green-veined White)
Norwegian Red List (2021): Endangered