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Madeiran Large White
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IUCN EX · Extinct

Madeiran Large White

Pieris wollastoni

The Madeiran large white (Pieris brassicae wollastoni) is a subspecies of the large white, endemic to Madeira. It can reach a size from 55 to 65 millimetres. The wings are pure white with a wide black tip on the apexes of the forewings. Its natural habitat is the laurisilva laurel forest. Considering that it was last collected in 1977 but not found despite a 15-year survey during the 1980s and 1990s it might be either extremely...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 109510.