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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 » Cabbage White - Hodges#4197 (Pieris rapae)
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butterfly 3 - Pieris rapae - male - female
Copyright © 2017 sh11

butterfly 3 - Pieris rapae - Male Female
Mississauga, Peel Region, Ontario, Canada
August 17, 2016
Are these Pieris rapae? Is it possible to tell which specimen is the male and which is the female? Thanks for your help!
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Contributed by sh11 on 24 January, 2017 - 6:47pm
Last updated 25 January, 2017 - 1:25pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Paul Dennehy, 25 January, 2017 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Many thanks for
your help Paul!
… sh11, 25 January, 2017 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

The yellow butterfly is defin
The yellow butterfly is definitely not Pieris rapae, as males and females are both white. I'm not sure what species these are.
… Bill Dempwolf, 24 January, 2017 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Bill, I've noted several yellow to light browm
Cabbage Whites in my region and several examples of yellow forms are in BugGuide species pages. http://bugguide.net/node/view/3259/bgimage

… Cliff Ivy, 24 January, 2017 - 10:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Cliff and Bill-
thank you both for your feedback!
… sh11, 25 January, 2017 - 5:56am login or register to post comments

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