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Small white
Pieris rapae
Pierid
(Pieridae)
♂
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White wings with a black tip on the top surface. 2 black spots on the front wing denote the ♀, 1 smaller spot is the ♂. The underside is yellowish white, spots are visible. Caterpillars sit in the centre of a leaf and have good camouflage, they also like to hide in the centre of a cabbage and eat the plant from the inside. ⇔ wsp. 40-50 mm LA: ≈ Looks like the PIERIS NAPI (Green-veined white) which has green to a black web of veins on the underside. ≈ Looks also like the PIERIS BRASSICAE (Cabbage butterfly) but is smaller, the black on the wingtip is also less. ≈ The LEPTIDEA (Wood whites) wingtip os more pointy.
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40-70 mm
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15-40 mm
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3 LookAlikes (LA):
Green-veined white
Cabbage butterfly
Eastern wood white
Small white
Klein koolwitje
Kleiner Kohlweißling
Piéride de la rave
Rapaiola
Blanquita de la col
Pieris rapae [L.]
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