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Small White Butterfly

Pieris rapae

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Field Notes

Description:

3 separate butterflies, there are loads of these about and they all look the same to me, are they?

Habitat:

Marshes

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
DanielePralong
Malcolm you can try and have fun with this key: http://lepido.ch/clededetermination/273-pl15
MartinL
I think they are all the same (Pieris rapae) http://urbanbutterflygarden.co.uk/british-butterflies/whites/small-white-butterfly-pieris-rapae
Mark Ridgway
Small Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) for the second ?

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PublishedMay 23, 2013

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