Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Canary Islands Large White (Pieris cheiranthi), recorded as Endangered
Canary Islands Large White (Pieris cheiranthi). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Canary Islands Large White

Pieris cheiranthi

Canary Islands Large White is a white or yellow butterfly in the family Pieridae (order Lepidoptera) — Pieris cheiranthi, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Pieris cheiranthi
Taxonomy
Insecta · Lepidoptera · Pieridae · Pieris

Appearance

The Canary Islands large white is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

Range and habitat

The last records from La Gomera dates back to 1975 and the species is probably extinct on that island. The Canary White inhabits wet and moist shady gorges in laurel forests. It also occurs outside the laurel forest zone, for example, wet cliffs with a corresponding microclimate.

It is endemic to the Canary Islands (Spain).

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

The adult is what most collections hold. The larva — the feeding stage — is often undescribed for the rarest names.

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.

Canary Islands Large White is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Canary Islands Large White, Wikidata item Q585949. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Canary Islands Large White?
Canary Islands Large White is a white or yellow butterfly in the family Pieridae (order Lepidoptera) — Pieris cheiranthi.
What is the conservation status of Canary Islands Large White?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pieris cheiranthi. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Canary Islands Large White live?
The Canary White inhabits wet and moist shady gorges in laurel forests.
Why is Canary Islands Large White in crisis?
Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pieris cheiranthi?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Canary Islands Large White a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.