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Small cabbage butterfly

Pieris rapae

Description:

The small cabbage butterfly is also known as the small white and is part of the Pieridae family of white and yellow butterflies. This one was spotted fluttering around stinging nettles in bloom.

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1 Comment

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Plant is very close to Lindernia ciliata (Bonnaya brachiata) from India.

Elsa
Spotted by
Elsa

Colchester Borough (Essex), England, United Kingdom

Spotted on Jun 13, 2011
Submitted on Jun 15, 2011

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