{"id":39705,"date":"2018-10-23T14:51:41","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naturecanada.ictinus.net\/?page_id=39705"},"modified":"2018-10-23T14:51:41","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T18:51:41","slug":"west-virginia-white","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/naturecanada.ca\/fr\/la-nature-au-bout-des-doigts\/endangered-species\/west-virginia-white\/","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia White"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vital Signs<\/h3>\n

Scientific Name:<\/strong>\u00a0Pieris virginiensis<\/em>
\nSARA status:<\/strong> Special concern
\nTaxonomic Group:<\/strong> Anthropods
\nSize:<\/strong> 3-5 cm wingspan<\/p>\n

The West Virginia White is a small white butterfly with wings that are translucent on the underside. Its veins have grey-brown scaling, causing it to look like a lace pattern. As a caterpillar, it is yellow-green with a green stripe along each side. Adults feed on flower nectar of toothworts, spring beauty, violets, and other plants. The larvae feed only on the leaves of toothwort, a small, spring-blooming plant of the forest floor.<\/p>\n

Currently, there are couple threats to the West Virginia White such as forest fragmentation and invasive species, such as the garlic mustard. The butterfly is restricted to rich, moist deciduous woods. Since it refuses to cross open areas its sensitivity to forest fragmentation is the largest threat to this butterfly\u2019s survival.<\/p>\n

Facts:<\/h3>\n
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  • The West Virgina White butterfly is 2-3 times more likely to lay their eggs on garlic mustard over a native host plant. This is unfortunate as the hatched larvae will not survive on this invasive species.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Where Else Can You See This Species?<\/h3>\n

    This butterfly has a very limited North America range. In Canada, it can be found in localized colonies in southern and eastern Ontario, as far north as Manitoulin Island, Batchawana Bay north of Sault Ste.Marie and Sharbot Lake north of Kingston. There are also records of this butterfly in the Montreal area. The largest populations are in the western Lake Ontario region.<\/p>\n

    We would like to thank our guest blogger Kelsey Ha for this post. Kelsey is a high school student volunteer at Nature Canada and is interested in biology and environmental sciences.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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