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Indian Cabbage White

Pieris canidia indica

Photo by pamsai
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Field Notes

Description:

Smallish butterfly flys and feeds close to the ground.

Notes:

I may have mixed up species here, there were so many white butterflies in my garden.

Species ID Suggestions

Asian Cabbage White

Pieris canidia

Reference Link
NuwanChathuranga
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Comments (1)
pamsai
thanks Nuwan, think this is the correct ID as the male flying round the females, just as the photos in this link. http://ifoundbutterflies.org/75-pieris/pieris-canidia

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Butterflies & Moths of the World
Mission
Himalayan Biodiversity
Mission
The Biodiversity of Northern India
Photographed
PublishedMay 6, 2013

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