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Pieris rapae

Cabbage White at Tuggeranong DC, ACT

Pieris rapae at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 28 Feb 2020
Pieris rapae at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 28 Feb 2020
Pieris rapae at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 28 Feb 2020
Pieris rapae at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 28 Feb 2020
Pieris rapae at Tuggeranong DC, ACT - 28 Feb 2020
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Identification history

Pieris rapae 3 Mar 2020 SuziBond
Appias paulina 29 Feb 2020 RodDeb

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User's notes

probably turn out to be a Cabbage White but it looked different and quite big. It did not settle at all and flew around fairly fast up and down. There was no sign of any other yellow/white butterflies.

2 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   4 Mar 2020
Unfortunately it's a Cabbage White... the best way to separate these species is by the location of the dots on the forewing. Our region is currently seeing some of the less common migrants moving through, so do keep looking in case one of them does turn out to be a Yellow Albatross!
RodDeb wrote:
   4 Mar 2020
Thanks Suzi, yep we keep looking, still nowhere near as many butterflies around so hope it won't affect their populations drastically for next year also.

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  • 50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

  • Pieris rapae Scientific name
  • Cabbage White Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 2142.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 358 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Artogeia rapae

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