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Great Southern White Butterfly

Ascia monuste monuste

Photo by James McNair
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Field Notes

Description:

Male is solid white on both upper and lower surfaces of wings except for a narrow edging of black along the forewing costal margin. Female has 2 forms: the dry-season form is all white; the wet season form has black along the forewing costal margin and a yellow-orange upper hindwing.

Habitat:

Black Point Wetlands

Reference Links:

Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

Species ID Suggestions

Great Southern White

Ascia monuste monuste

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Comments (2)
bayucca
This is Ascia monuste. Glutophrissa drusilla looks different: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/t/Glutophrissa_drusilla_a.htm http://bugguide.net/node/view/159969/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/446061/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/155799 http://bugguide.net/node/view/34913/bgimage Same as yours with a wrong ID: http://davewelling.photoshelter.com/image/I0000MyNbDnIxXkc Ascia monuste as well. http://bugguide.net/node/view/272169/bgimage http://bugguide.net/node/view/3555/bgimage?from=24

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