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Description:

Two butterfly on single flower.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
Large Cabbage White
Pieris brassicae nepalensis http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/75-pieris/pieris-brassicae


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6 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

So, Rajendra, please, take Pieris sp. as scientific name and note the 2 candidates Pieris brassicae and Pieris canidia in the description section, until we got a 100% safe ID, so we are on the safe side.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

There seems to be specimens of Canidia with smaller spots....
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/8...
If it were me at would leave it at Cabbage white, Pieris sp., although I'm favoring brassicae. Someone else might jump in and make the final call with other specific criteria :-)

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Yes, I was also thinking of Canidia, but the spots seemed to be "too small" for Canidia. But I might be wrong. Should we take Pieris sp. instead of the species?
What do you think?

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

bayucca, have you considered P. canidia? I can see a tiny bit of black at margin of the hindwing but I too am unsure... By the way, welcome to Project Noah Rajendra!

yes, u are right !

bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Daniele, can you check this one. I am not 100% sure...

Kathmandu, Madhyamanchal, Nepal

Spotted on Feb 11, 2014
Submitted on Feb 11, 2014

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