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Large White

Pieris brassicae

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 79,317, February 58,582, March 91,785, April 144,399, May 208,199, June 227,028, July 242,935, August 208,923, September 153,386, October 114,492, November 62,563, December 48,898.
United States1,640,507
Alaska1,640,506
United Kingdom8,090
England7,332
France3,280
Germany2,572
Spain2,461
Portugal2,257
Italy2,229
South Africa1,681

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

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