Occasional visitor to Adelaide. Caterpillars eat Cassia and Senna plants. Pale form most common in South Australia, dark form, rarely seen.
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): | 53mm |
| Size (Female): | 53mm |
| Mature Larva Length: | mm |
| Months of Flight: | feb, mar, apr, may, sep, oct |
| Abundance: | uncommon |
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