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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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Small yellow butterfly? - Pieris marginalis
Copyright © 2011 Kim Burnham

Small yellow butterfly? - Pieris marginalis
Skagway, Southeast Alaska (Panhandle) County, Alaska, USA
July 11, 2011
Size: approx. 2"
flower is michaelmas daisy (aster)
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Contributed by Kim Burnham on 13 July, 2011 - 5:43am
Last updated 14 July, 2011 - 12:45pm

Based on location, this should be Pieris marginalis ssp. guppyi
P. marginalis segretated (with "P. oleracea" and "P. angelica") from the Eurasian P. napi (the 'Veined White' or 'Green-veined White'), and you will still see it called by that name in many (if not most) butterfly books. I personally tend to still think they are all just regional variants of P. napi, but the listing used for BugGuide separates them. Kind'a confusing actually.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 13 July, 2011 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you for the quick response on the id. These are everywhere in my garden this year, thought I should know them by name.
… Kim Burnham , 14 July, 2011 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

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