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Spring White

Pontia sisymbrii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 61, February 53, March 70, April 124, May 66, June 49, July 42, August 42, September 54, October 55, November 71, December 54.
United States2,625
California669
Canada530
Colorado348
New Mexico324
British Columbia258
Alberta207
Idaho176
Utah165
Arizona165

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

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