Narrow-winged Pearl-white
Elodina padusa

In SA this butterfly only lives in the northern Flinders Ranges where Native Orange (Caparis mitchelli), its caterpillar food plant, is found.

 

You can learn a lot more about this butterfly, on the research-quality website now managed by BCSA, (here)

Key Facts

Family:pieridae
Size (Male):38mm
Size (Female):40mm
Mature Larva Length:mm
Months of Flight:jan, feb, mar, apr, may, sep, oct, nov, dec
Abundance:uncommon
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