Pieris rapae
Cabbage White at Kambah, ACT
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| Pieris rapae | MatthewFrawley | 10 Sep 2018 |
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First butterfly sighting in my backyard native grassland garden for spring of 2018.
1 comment
11 Sep 2018
Lovely image Matthew. Hopefully the native garden will attract more native butterflies! Your Cabbage White is a female because she has the two spots on each forewing; males only have one per forewing instead.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075892-35.384463
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Sep 2018 10:13 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Lomandra longifolia Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- Kambah backyard native grassland garden MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pieris rapae Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Pieris rapae Scientific name
- Cabbage White Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 2142.2m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Artogeia rapae
Record quality
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