West Virginia White Butterfly
- West Virginia White Butterfly
Taxobox
name = West Virginia White Butterfly
image_width = 250px
image_caption = "Pieris virginiensis" on wild mustard
status = NE
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Pieridae
subfamilia = Pierinae
tribus = Pierini
genus = "Pieris"
species = "P. virginiensis"
binomial = "Pieris virginiensis"
binomial_authority = Edwards, 1870
The West Virginia White Butterfly ("Pieris virginiensis") is a common butterfly found 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
* [http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/779.htm US Geological Survey: Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: West Virginia White Butterfly]
* [http://bugguide.net/node/view/14395/tree Bug Guide: Species Pieris virginiensis - West Virginia White]
* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/pieridae/pierinae/pieris/ Pieris]
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