Pontia occidentalis

species of insect
Taxon taxon Q1307089
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Pontia occidentalis

Summary

Pontia occidentalis is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Pontia occidentalis's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Pontia occidentalis is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Pontia occidentalis belongs to the parent taxon Pontia[5].
  • Pontia occidentalis's scientific name is Pontia occidentalis[6].
  • Pontia occidentalis's Commons category is recorded as Pontia occidentalis[7].
  • Pontia occidentalis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pontia occidentalis[8].
  • Pontia occidentalis's Commons gallery is recorded as Pontia occidentalis[9].
  • Pontia occidentalis's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'P. occidentalis'}[10].
  • Pontia occidentalis is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western White'}[11].
  • Pontia occidentalis's wingspan is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+41'}[12].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Chorispora tenella[13].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Athysanus pusillus[14].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Caulanthus[15].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Descurainia incana[16].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Guillenia lasiophylla[17].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Lepidium campestre[18].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Lepidium densiflorum[19].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Arabis drummondii[20].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Cleome[21].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Cleome lutea[22].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Lepidium virginicum[23].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Sisymbrium officinale[24].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Arabis breweri[25].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Arabis platysperma[26].
  • Pontia occidentalis's has host is recorded as Draba crassifolia[27].

Body

Classification

Pontia occidentalis's scientific name is Pontia occidentalis[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Pontia[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Western White'}[11].

Identifiers

Pontia occidentalis's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 209718[28]. Pontia occidentalis's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 345719[29]. Pontia occidentalis's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4095554[30]. Pontia occidentalis's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5137791[31]. Pontia occidentalis's ITIS TSN is recorded as 777782[32].

Why It Matters

Pontia occidentalis ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,627 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . The Butterflies of Canada. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Pontia occidentalis
    Instance of taxon
    Has host Chorispora tenella, Athysanus pusillus, Caulanthus +23
    Wingspan {'unit': 'Q174789', 'amount': '+41'}
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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