Checkered White

Pontia protodice

Summary 7

Also called Common White.

Characteristics: Note the female is more heavily marked

Similar Species: The male of this species and Cabbage White look similar and would be hard to distinguish in flight.

Larval Foodplants:Mustard.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Victor Fazio, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/victor_fazio-iii/3221343390/
  2. (c) Eugene Zelenko, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/4640936808_b490ca47d0.jpg
  3. (c) Ken Slade, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/10789832@N00/3557710710
  4. (c) pondhawk, some rights reserved (CC BY), https://www.flickr.com/photos/38686613@N08/4731971282/
  5. (c) Anne Reeves, some rights reserved (CC BY-ND), https://www.flickr.com/photos/charlock/13567098743/
  6. (c) Kim Moore, all rights reserved, uploaded by Kim Moore
  7. Adapted by Kim Moore from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontia_protodice

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