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Grey marble

Anthocharis lanceolata Lucas, 1852

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The grey marble (Anthocharis lanceolata) is a species in the family Pieridae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the grey marble

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.3 cm – 4.7 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
February to July
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Brassicaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the grey marble?

GREY MARBLE · WINGSPAN 4.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4.7 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the grey marble is about 2.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the grey marble live?

Not recorded

Is the grey marble endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the grey marble classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPieridae
  6. genusAnthocharis
  7. SpeciesAnthocharis lanceolata Lucas, 1852

Synonyms Anthocharis lanceolata desertolimbus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Gray marbleEnglish
  • ハイイロツマキチョウJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the grey marble

Other species in the same genus Anthocharis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the grey marble?

An adult grey marble has a wingspan of 3.3 cm – 4.7 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the grey marble?

The grey marble (Anthocharis lanceolata) belongs to the family Pieridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Grey marble (Anthocharis lanceolata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-marble

MLA

“Grey marble (Anthocharis lanceolata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-marble.

BibTeX
@misc{grey_marble_2026,
  title = {Grey marble (Anthocharis lanceolata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-marble},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}