Cabbage Butterfly - a female with two black spots on the dorsal fore wing.

 Cabbage Butterfly

 

Common Name:  Cabbage Butterfly
                              or Cabbage White

Latin Name:  Pieris rapae
                        (R. Bercha, det.)

Wingspan:  40 - 50 mm

Range:  Throughout Alberta

Habitat:  Agricultural and Suburban Areas

Time of year seen: March to October (Additional Sightings)

Caterpillar's Diet: Mustard family plants

 

Location: Silverton, BC
Date: Aug. 13, 2005

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