#3117 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Checkered White

Pontia protodice

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Ethan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Megan McCarty · CC BY 4.0
3. Rappahannock County, VA, USA:© no rights reserved · CC0
4. Texas, US:© no rights reserved · CC0
5. Santa Clara, California, United States:© Paul G. Johnson · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Campo, CA 91906, USA:© Kristin Sweeney · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 16000 FL-471, Lakeland, FL 33809, USA:© Edward Perry IV · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Anzalduas Park, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas:© Roberto R. Calderón · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Oakes Quarry, Fairborn, OH, USA:© smwhite · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Willacy County, TX, USA:© Nicole · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Pontia protodice , the checkered white or southern cabbage butterfly , is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its green larva is a type of cabbage worm.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 39,035iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
39,035 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Eatton Le Conte in 1830 (196 years ago).