Cabbage White Butterfly
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CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLYWOWBug Cabbage White
Butterfly
Kingdom Animalia Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda ”jointed foot”
Arthropoda
Class Insect4 wings3 body parts6 legs2 antennae
Insect
Order HymenopteraHymen = membraneptera = wing
LepidopteraLepid = scaleptera = wing
Pieris rapae
Examples: beetles, butterflies, flies, bees, and ants
Examples: Grasshoppers, lice, crickets
Incomplete MetamorphosisComplete Metamorphosis
CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLYHead
Thorax
Abdomen
Head Region
a. Compound Eyes- perceive single image, - able to see visible spectrum of light
b. Antennae- covered with small pits used for smelling - allow butterfly to locate food by scent
c. Proboscis-[mouth] coiled tube that elongates to obtain water and nutrients
Thorax: 4 wings, 6 jointed legs
a. Wings – contain scales full of pigment, provide color - scales “dust” that easily detaches to escape predators - used to determine sex: females have two spots males have one spot
male
female
forewing
hindwing
b. Legs – [claw-like] enable butterfly to cling to perch - contain hair-like structures, used for tasting
Antennae
Compound Eye
ProboscisAbdomen
Hind Wing
Forewing
Legs
Cabbage White Butterfly
Abdomen: consists of 10 segments, houses most organs of circulatory, respiratory, reproductive system
a. Spiracles- tiny holes located on side of abdomen used for exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide [6-7 pairs]
b. Heart- muscular tube extends length of abdomen dorsally, pumps blood toward head *open circulatory system- all internal organs bathed in blood *Females abdomen larger to house eggs