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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) » Pieris » Margined White - Hodges#4195 (Pieris marginalis)
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White butterfly - Pieris marginalis
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Mortensen

White butterfly - Pieris marginalis
Iron County, Utah, USA
August 12, 2009

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Contributed by Ashley Mortensen on 20 August, 2009 - 4:11pm
Last updated 21 August, 2009 - 11:08am

That certainly sounds like
A reasonable place to find P. marginalis.

Moved from Whites and Yellows.
… David J. Ferguson, 21 August, 2009 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ashley Mortensen, 20 August, 2009 - 8:28pm login or register to post comments

Id be inclined to agree
that it's a very unmarked individual of Pieris marginalis. Especially likely if you were up in the hills, as apposed to down low (a little more exacting location is helpful, since Iron County is large and varied).
… David J. Ferguson, 20 August, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Location
I was by a cabin on Kanarra Mountain near Cedar City
… Ashley Mortensen, 20 August, 2009 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

maybe Subfamily Coliadinae - Sulphurs and Yellows
Or not.. :) Just an idea. I'm definitely not good with the butterflies. Mainly wanted to say that's a nice shot.
… Andrew Williams, 20 August, 2009 - 4:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I'd say Pierinae
The Whites, close cousins to the Coliadinae - yellows are, well, yellower, and the pale female forms are usually spotted, not like this almost unmarked individual.

I don't know anything about Utahn butterflies, but I'd ask someone who did to take a look at the Margined White, Pieris marginalis:

… Abigail Parker, 20 August, 2009 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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