Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pieridae Scientific name Pieris virginiensis | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Tribe Pierini Rank Species | |
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Similar Pieris oleracea, Cardamine diphylla, Pieris marginalis, Pieris angelika, Callophrys niphon | ||
Pieris virginiensis, the West Virginia white, is a relatively common butterfly found in North America in the Great Lakes states, along the Appalachians from New England to Alabama, and in southern Ontario. They are typically found in moist deciduous forests.
It has translucent whitish wings of length 4.5–5.5 cm; the hindwing underside has brownish or pale gray scaling along the veins.
References
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