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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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Pieris marginalis - male - Pieris marginalis - male
Copyright © 2012 DeForestRanger

Pieris marginalis - male - Pieris marginalis - Male
Mossyrock, Lewis County, Washington, USA
May 11, 2012
Size: 2"
Observed in what was presumably courting behaviour with a much heavier bodied specimen. Encountered at least two dozen of the species in a mile and a half.
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Contributed by DeForestRanger on 11 May, 2012 - 4:50pm
Last updated 7 May, 2015 - 5:44pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Paul Dennehy, 18 May, 2012 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Marginalis or oleracea
Wouldn't like to say from this image.

Though I don't think you get oleracea in Washington.
… James Bailey, 11 May, 2012 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Pieris in Washington (Lewis County)
No, the only other Pieris which appears in my area is P. rapae which it obviously isn't. There were dozens of them, too.
… DeForestRanger, 11 May, 2012 - 8:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Then it is certainly marginalis.
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… James Bailey, 11 May, 2012 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

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