Pieris rapae

Cabbage White at Kambah, ACT

Pieris rapae at Kambah, ACT - 10 Sep 2018
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Pieris rapae 10 Sep 2018 MatthewFrawley

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First butterfly sighting in my backyard native grassland garden for spring of 2018.

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SuziBond wrote:
   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.

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Additional information

  • Lomandra longifolia Associated plant
  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Female Gender

Species information

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

    Artogeia rapae

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