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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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Checkered White - Pontia protodice - male
Copyright © 2008 margarethe brummermann

Checkered White - Pontia protodice - Male
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 15, 2008

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Checkered or Western White? - Pontia protodice - male Checkered White - Pontia protodice - male
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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 16 April, 2008 - 10:53am
Last updated 20 November, 2008 - 5:03pm

Moved
Moved from Checkered White.
… David J. Ferguson, 20 November, 2008 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… margarethe brummermann, 5 May, 2008 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

Checkered
Because of the very light (nearly all white) outer margin of the left dorsal FW that can be seen in this picture, I'm leaning toward this being a male Checkered White, Pontia protodice. The Western White, to my knowledge, has a much more darkly marked dorsal FW outer margin, even in more lightly marked specimens. I'd wait for a second opinion though, just to be safe.
… Jason D. Roberts, 16 April, 2008 - 11:32am login or register to post comments

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