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Green-eyed White
Leptophobia aripa
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Small WhitePieris rapae
Great Southern WhiteAscia monuste
Florida WhiteGlutophrissa drusilla
Large WhitePieris brassicae
Ghost YellowEurema albula
Pallid TilewhiteHesperocharis costaricensis
Southern Pearl-whiteElodina angulipennis
Lyside SulphurKricogonia lyside
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Mexico | 2,194 |
|---|---|
| Mexico | 547 |
| Colombia | 255 |
| Brazil | 204 |
| Peru | 183 |
| Hidalgo | 168 |
| Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima | 166 |
| Bogota Capital District | 145 |
| Nuevo Leon | 117 |
| Costa Rica | 87 |
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
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Butterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera |
| Family | Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs · Pieridae |
| Genus | Greeneyed-Whites · Leptophobia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Green-eyed White with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.