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Belenois aurota
"Eggs are laid in batches of 20 or so, while the newly hatched larvae are gregarious." ~wiki
spotted on the leaves of a caper bush (Capparis sinaica) in a coastal desert wadi (Wadi GNai)
aka Pioneer White and Brown-veined White
Spotted on Oct 20, 2013
Submitted on Nov 1, 2013
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It's their season again, apparently - all of the caper bushes we passed on this hike were covered in eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and butterflies!
Nice that you could get shots of the eggs, too!