Checkered White - Pontia protodice

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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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Copyright © 2008 Ron Hemberger

Checkered White - Pontia protodice -

Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
July 18, 2008

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Checkered White - Pontia protodice - male

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Contributed by Ron Hemberger on 18 July, 2008 - 8:04pm
Last updated 19 July, 2008 - 9:46pm

Beautiful Ron!

I've never seen one before.

… Donna K Race, 18 July, 2008 - 8:09pm

Nice to hear

There are so many in SoCal this time of year that we tend to take them for granted. I thought I'd make an effort to get some nice shots.

… Ron Hemberger, 18 July, 2008 - 8:48pm

May I Say

May I say that this is a beautiful shot, Ron! They've just become prolific in my area in the last couple weeks or so. Between them and the Cabbage Whites and all the albino Sulphurs - there sure are a lot of white Butterflies flitting about these days! I believe yours to be male.

… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 19 July, 2008 - 6:23pm

Thanks, Kenny. Yes, it is male as you noted.

Cabbage Whites were scarce last year, abundant this. There's a cabbage patch near my house, just filled with them.

… Ron Hemberger, 19 July, 2008 - 9:47pm

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