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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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Small White maybe? - Pieris rapae
Copyright © 2012 Dan Watley

Small White maybe? - Pieris rapae
Olney MD 20832-2130, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
May 23, 2012
Small white - Pieris rapae maybe?
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Contributed by Dan Watley on 23 May, 2012 - 10:52am
Last updated 24 May, 2012 - 2:02pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

"Small white" is the name of this species in Europe, where it is native. This differentiates it from the larger "large white" (Pieris brassicae), also native to the Old World. The "small white" is now an introduced pest here in the U.S., where it is just called "cabbage white". In Europe, "cabbage white" could refer to either of these two species. :)
… Paul Dennehy, 24 May, 2012 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

Pieris rapae
Female.
… John Stanard, 23 May, 2012 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

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