Euchloe lotta

Euchloe lotta, the desert marble, is a species of butterfly that occurs in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.^[1]

Desert marble
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Euchloe
Species:	E. lotta
Binomial name
Euchloe lotta (Beutenmüller, 1898)

It is mostly white with black markings on the topside of the forewing tips and body. The underside has greenish-grey veins especially in the hindwing. The wingspan is from 38 to 40 mm.^[1]

The desert marble's flight season in North America is from April to May.^[1] It inhabits sagelands, deserts, juniper woodland, dry, rocky areas, dry ravines, and canyon walls.^[2]

Larvae feed on Arabis furcata, Arabis sparsiflora, Arabis bolboellii, and Halimolobos whitedi.^[3]