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Pieridae Butterfly

Description:

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight

Habitat:

Butterflies feed primarily on nectar from flowers. Some also derive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit, dung, decaying flesh, and dissolved minerals in wet sand or dirt. Butterflies are important as pollinators for some species of plants although in general they do not carry as much pollen load as bees. They are however capable of moving pollen over greater distances.[21] Flower constancy has been observed for at least one species of butterfly.

Notes:

it is in my garden. This white butterfly has round shape wings and green eyes.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Psyche
Leptosia nina Leptosia nina


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4 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Hi Nuwan..Your suggestion is accurate...
http://www.rainbowlodgecambodia.com/butt...

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

Ashish is correct.

Boonsita 4.1
Boonsita 4.1 12 years ago

thank

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Must be one of following family of smal White and Yellow butterflies..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieridae

Boonsita 4.1
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Boonsita 4.1

กรุงเทพมหานคร, Krung Thep, Thailand

Spotted on Mar 13, 2012
Submitted on Mar 13, 2012

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