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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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Butterfly - Pieris rapae
Copyright © 2004 Tim Nichols

Butterfly - Pieris rapae
Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
September 12, 2004
I will let someone else properly place this one. I can't distinguish between all the sulphurs and similars.
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Contributed by Tim Nichols on 27 October, 2004 - 9:54pm
Last updated 28 October, 2004 - 9:45am

Cabbage White
I agree with Alan on Pieris rapae whose hindwing underside is usually some shade of yellow, and whose forewing underside is tipped with yellow. I think the upppermost of the three grayish spots is on the hindwing, and the two lower ones are forewing spots showing through.
… Robin McLeod, 28 December, 2004 - 1:12am login or register to post comments

Cabbage White
Pieris rape fits the bill.
See http://bugguide.net/node/view/3259/bgimage
… Alan Chin-Lee, 28 October, 2004 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

Dainty sulphur?
Not certain at all about this being Nathalis iole. Glassberg (1) doesn't show them in WV, but USGS NPWRC does. Other thoughts?
… Troy Bartlett, 27 October, 2004 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

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