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Arctic White

Pieris angelika

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Yukon.January 6, February 5, March 9, April 37, May 141, June 159, July 190, August 83, September 43, October 20, November 6, December 6.
United States1,070
Canada1,009
Yukon211
Alaska192
British Columbia22
Northwest Territories21
Ontario14
Nunavut8
Alberta7
Quebec5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyWhites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae
GenusGarden Whites · Pieris

Sources

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