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Small Bath White

Pontia chloridice

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Russia.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 15, July 24, August 12, September 2, October 0, November 0, December 0.
Russia54
Turkey34
Altai Krai18
India11
Ladākh10
Antalya10
Muğla10
Tuva9
Altai Republic9
China6

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
GenusPontia

Sources

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Practise Small Bath White with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.