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California Marble

Euchloe hyantis

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 41, February 35, March 37, April 45, May 44, June 32, July 28, August 28, September 36, October 37, November 47, December 36.
United States655
California446
Canada89
Nevada54
Utah49
British Columbia49
Alberta40
Arizona25
Oregon23
Colorado21

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
GenusDappled Whites · Euchloe

Sources

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