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Small White

Pieris rapae

Habitat:

Hedgerow within leisure centre grounds

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3 Comments

Sukaina
Sukaina 11 years ago

pretty butterfly!

Donna Bevington
Donna Bevington 11 years ago

Thanks very much for the ID.

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

With female you are right, but is not an Orange Tip, but a Small white. Note the different black parts on the forewing. In the Orange Tip almost the whole margin is black, whereas in the Small White there is only a some kind of horizontal patch at the tip, as it can be seen in yours:
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.p...

Donna Bevington
Spotted by
Donna Bevington

East Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Aug 28, 2012
Submitted on Aug 28, 2012

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