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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows (Pieridae) » Whites (Pierinae) » Pieris » Cabbage White (Pieris rapae)
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Cabbage white female? - Pieris rapae - female
Copyright © 2008 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Cabbage white female? - Pieris rapae - Female
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
August 1, 2008
Size: ~20 mm head to wingtip
I'm guessing the three black spots visible through the wing could be two on the forewing and one on the hindwing, which if this is Cabbage White would make it a female.
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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 2 August, 2008 - 2:33pm
Last updated 20 November, 2008 - 10:12pm

Moved
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… David J. Ferguson, 20 November, 2008 - 10:12pm login or register to post comments

Pretty sure you're right.
Three spots gave me pause, but I found a photo of Cabbage Whites puddling and, wings opened a bit, one did have three spots.

Further, here's a passage from a second book Butterflies through Binoculars The West:

"Note the one (male) or two (female) black spots on the middle FW and the horizontal black spot at the FW apex." (emphasis theirs)
… Ron Hemberger, 2 August, 2008 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

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