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Pieris rapae/Artogeia rapae
A small to medium-size butterfly from the Piridae family, with a creamy white upperside and black tips to the forewings. The female (shown here) has two black spots in the center of the forewings.
Open places, woodland, meadowland and mountains to urban areas. Widespread distribution: Europe, North Africa and Asia. Has also been accidentally introduced to North America, Australia and New Zealand. Spotted here in a forest meadow.
A pest on pest on cabbages, kale, radish, broccoli, and horseradish.
Spotted on Jul 15, 2011
Submitted on Jul 19, 2011
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Beautiful! Wonder how I missed this one :-)