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Cabbage White

Pieris brassicae

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Field Notes

Description:

Small white butterfly with big, dark spots on the tops of its wings.

Habitat:

Found amongst leaves and natural debris in the far-flung hills of Northern Thailand.

Species ID Suggestions

Cabbage White

Pieris canidia

Comments (4)

Pieris canidia, not Brassicae: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_canidia
There are different subspecies, which looks sometimes quite different, like "my" Pieris rapae: http://www.butterflycircle.com/checklist%20V2/CI/index.php/start-page/startpage/showbutterfly/35 http://www.fotop.net/justinlaw/Pieris_canidia

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