Aporia crataegi (Hawthorn) - a butterfly belongs to the family of whites (Pieridae) . Butterfly wings are milky white with thin black veins.
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Hawthorn is known throughout Europe, in North and Central Asia. It is found up to the western slopes of the mountains of Eastern Yakutia and Japan.
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In England, these butterflies became extinct, the last specimen was caught there in 1925. Its most numerous appearances are replaced in Morocco, Algeria and throughout North Africa.
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Butterfly flight begins in June.
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Females are usually larger than males.
The female butterfly is able to lay from 60 to 100 yellow eggs on the foliage of different plants.
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It can be an apple tree, pear, apricot, mountain ash, hawthorn, spirea.
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The butterfly can be found in pastures, meadows and gardens.
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This type of butterfly produces one generation per year.
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I look at the "crystal" wings of a butterfly and think that it reminds me of Tiffany's stained glass windows. After all, I'm just an observer of this short moment in the life of Hawthorn.
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