Gonepteryx maxima is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1885. It is found from north-eastern China to Korea, Japan, the Russian Far East (Amur, Ussuri) and Japan.Gonepteryx at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms The habitat consists of steppe and forest-steppe areas.
Adults are on wing from the end of July to September. Adults overwinter and fly again from May to June.
The larvae feed on Rhamnus ussuriensis.Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 at Russian Insects
Subspecies Gonepteryx maxima maxima Gonepteryx maxima amurensis Graeser, 1888 (Amur, Ussuri)
References
Gonepteryx maxima Butler, 1885 at Insecta.pro