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Small white

Pieris rapae

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2 Species ID Suggestions

Noah Ranger +1
The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago
Cabbage butterfly
Pieris brassicae Large White
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CodyRyanHough
CodyRyanHough 12 years ago
Small White (Cabbage White)
Pieris rapae File:Mounted male Cabbage white.jpg


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Noah Ranger
The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Thanks, I am indeed no expert so I can easily mistake butterflies :-)

CodyRyanHough
CodyRyanHough 12 years ago

Incredibly easy to mix the two species up but if you look at the venation you will see that this is actually P. rapae not P. brassicae.

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The MnMs
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Knokke-Heist, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on Sep 14, 2008
Submitted on May 20, 2011

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