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Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

Description:

Small white butterfly with big, dark spots on the tops of its wings.

Habitat:

Found amongst leaves and natural debris in the far-flung hills of Northern Thailand.

1 Species ID Suggestions

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago
Cabbage White
Pieris canidia Cabbage White


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4 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

Pieris canidia, not Brassicae:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_cani...

Curator of Good
Curator of Good 11 years ago

Thanks for the help!

bayucca
bayucca 11 years ago

There are different subspecies, which looks sometimes quite different, like "my" Pieris rapae:
http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist...
http://www.fotop.net/justinlaw/Pieris_ca...

p.young713
p.young713 12 years ago

Pretty photo!

Curator of Good
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Chiang Rai, Thailand

Spotted on Jan 14, 2012
Submitted on Feb 3, 2012

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