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title: "Checkered White"
description: "Pontia protodice — Insetos e aranhas. Pontia protodice, the checkered white or southern cabbage butterfly, is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/checkered-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Checkered White

> Pontia protodice — Insetos e aranhas. Pontia protodice, the checkered white or southern cabbage butterfly, is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Pontia protodice*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `urban` (Cidades e jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 38660
- Wikidata: [Q1939036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1939036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [59119](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59119)

## Names

- en: Checkered White
- es: Mariposa blanca con parches negros
- fr: Piéride damier

## Countries with the most observations

US (31723), MX (2785), CA (46), GT (9)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontia_protodice

## Photo

![Checkered White](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/checkered-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: Corinne · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218442359

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/checkered-white?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).