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Pieris rapae
"Upperside of wings white; forewing with black tip. Two submarginal black spots in female, one in male. Underside of hindwing and forewing apex evenly yellow-green or gray-green. Spring and fall short-day form is smaller, less yellow, with reduced black areas."
"Almost any type of open space including weedy areas, gardens, roadsides, cities, and suburbs."
Spotted on Mar 4, 2011
Submitted on Jul 14, 2012
6 Comments
My pleasure. Glad you like :)
welcome to project noah Claudia,great spotting ,common but beautiful butterfly,thanks for join the portuguese mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8000... ,obrigado
enjoy your self:) any question you have the chat link in the page
Thanks!
Nice series!
I dont think it looks like a Cloud Sulphur, to me it seems more like a Cabbage,
but I'm not really sure so I will wait for more suggestions. Thanks
Honestly this looks more like a clouded Sulphur. Cabbage whites have white wings