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Pieris rapae
I saw this behaviour often. The butterfly would land and extend her abdomen upwards if a male was fluttering around her. "An unreceptive female may fly vertically or spread her wings and raise the abdomen to reject the male." wiki. The Small White (Pieris rapae) is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the Yellows-and-Whites family Pieridae.
Spotted on Sep 11, 2013
Submitted on Feb 6, 2014
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