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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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Cabbage White - Pieris rapae
Copyright © 2008 Daniel J. O'Donnell

Cabbage White - Pieris rapae
Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, USA
September 19, 2008
Size: Approx. 1.5 inches

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Cabbage White - Pieris rapae Cabbage White - Pieris rapae - female
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Contributed by Daniel J. O'Donnell on 19 September, 2008 - 7:52pm

Small Cabbage White
Pieris rapae
I suppose this is the commonest butterfly.
Introduced from Europe on Cabbages(I guess??)

Since it has two bold spots on the forewing it is a female and this "v pose" is common in this species.

Compare male here:

Another female here:

and the underside:

Away from Europe it is called the Cabbage white or Common White.

(In Europe it is to distinguish it from the Large Cabbage White or just simply Cabbage white)
… James Bailey, 19 September, 2008 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you, Borealfalcon, for the excellent assistance!
DJ
… Daniel J. O'Donnell, 19 September, 2008 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

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