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Desert White Pupa

Pontia glauconome

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

small chrysalis, about 1.5 cm in length

Habitat:

spotted on the underside of a henbane plant that I had just ripped out of my desert garden...so the life cycle will continue indoors

Notes:

see spotting of the larvae from 8 days before:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/22734159

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Pontia glauconome

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
Bernadette S
Thanks again, bayucca! I've updated the spottings. I've got this pupa indoors so hopefully we'll see what emerges. Can you confirm the ID of this white, in case I've got it wrong too: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/23819006
bayucca
Congrats!! I would call this one Pontia edusa/daplidice. There are both reported from Egypt and it is not possible to separate them from each other with out the native specimen and DNA. There are still lot of discussions about these species. Even the pupae looks almost identical.

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PublishedMay 17, 2013

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