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Small White Butterfly a.k.a Cabbage White

Small White (Pieris rapae)

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Field Notes

Description:

Small White is the name, not just the description. It's actually got a bit of yellow to it, and a tiny bit of orange tint on the top edge of the wing. The black spot is on the underside, and the tips of the forewings are black or grey.

Habitat:

This is a very fast-flittery-flyer and it stayed in place for about 1 second then off to another flower. It finally found these Salvias and stayed put long enough for me to get a couple of pictures.

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Comments (4)
HeatherMiller
Ha ha... "The Small White (Pieris rapae) is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the Yellows-and-Whites family Pieridae. It is also commonly known as the Small Cabbage White and in New Zealand simply as white butterfly.[1] The names "Cabbage Butterfly" and "Cabbage White" can also refer to the Large White." So the names mean the same butterfly. Sheeze...I need to read better.
HeatherMiller
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Pieris-rapae Mick, what do you think about this link...that's why I went with small white. But I'm still looking.
HeatherMiller
Mick, I started with a male cabbage, but then it looked more like the Small White. I'll look again.

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