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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses (Pierini) » Checkered Whites (Pontia) » Checkered White - Hodges#4193 (Pontia protodice)
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Checkered White? - Pontia protodice
Copyright © 2015 Salvador Vitanza

Checkered White? - Pontia protodice
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
October 19, 2015
Size: 3 cm
Feeding on broccoli.

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Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 19 October, 2015 - 6:08pm
Last updated 25 November, 2015 - 6:11am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… John S. Ascher, 25 November, 2015 - 6:11am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you John & Jane, John, and Ross for your kind help.
… Salvador Vitanza, 25 November, 2015 - 7:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 31 October, 2015 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

Yes…
The fourth NA species, P. occidentalis, which also feeds on Brassica species, does not range into Texas.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 19 October, 2015 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ross!
I appreciate your kind help and expertise.
… Salvador Vitanza, 19 October, 2015 - 8:55pm login or register to post comments

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