Cabbage White at Kambah, ACT
Identification history
| Pieris rapae | 27 Mar 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 27 Mar 2022 | Luis |
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User's notes
For the last couple of months I have seen many of these white butterflies or months sometimes as many as 20 in close proximity. What species of butterfly or moth are they? My wife says they are white cabbage moth. However I thought Moths are mostly nocturnal and never close the wings to vertical when landing. I have seen these with wings close to vertical closed up position before opening and flying off. Would love to know what I am looking at. cheers Luis
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.038889-35.397222
- Altitude 628.0m
- Maps Urambi Hills
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 25 Mar 2022 11:39 AM Recorded on
- Luis Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Whites & Yellows (Pieridae) Luis Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Less than 5mm 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
- 372 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Artogeia rapae
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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