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

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≈ 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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