Pieris brassicae, commonly called the Large Cabbage White, is a Pierid butterfly that is a common pest in cabbage plantations.
Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Pieris brassicae ab. lutea Röber, 1907 |
synonym | Pieris brassicae ottonis Röber, 1907 |
synonym | Pieris brassicae var. brassicoides Staudinger, 1901 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
SubSpecies Varieties Races
Pieris brassicae nepalensis Doubleday, 1846 – Nepalese Large Cabbage White
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Size
Size (Butterflies)
Large
Wingspan 65-75 mm.
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Morphology
Wing Tail (Butterflies)
Tailless
The wings are white, with black tips on the forewings of both males and females, the female also has two black spots on each forewing. The underside is a pale greenish and serves as excellent camouflage when at rest. Upper hindwing no black marginal spots. Upper forewing inner edge black apical area regular or very nearly so. Upper forewing black apical area to vein 3 or 4. Large.
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat (Butterflies)
Hills
Open forests, forest edges, stream banks and meadows.
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
Common
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Rajkamal Goswami, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore.
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Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
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National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
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Attributions | Rajkamal Goswami, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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References
- Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol. 1.
- Evans, W.H. (1927) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Kunte, K. and U. Kodandaramaiah. 2011. History of species pages on Butterflies of India website. In K. Kunte, S. Kalesh and U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/species-pages/history-of-species-pages-on-butterflies-of-india-website Accessed on 23.8.2012.
Information Listing > References
- Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Vol. 1.
- Evans, W.H. (1927) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
- Kunte, K. and U. Kodandaramaiah. 2011. History of species pages on Butterflies of India website. In K. Kunte, S. Kalesh and U. Kodandaramaiah (eds.). Butterflies of India, v. 1.05. Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: http://ifoundbutterflies.org/species-pages/history-of-species-pages-on-butterflies-of-india-website Accessed on 23.8.2012.
A report on some butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Ladakh in Jammu & Kashmir and Lahaul in Himachal Pradesh, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaA preliminary study on butterflies of the Kathlaur-Kaushlian Wildlife Sanctuary, Pathankot, Punjab, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaDiversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea) of Dachigam National Park, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaSeasonal diversity of butterflies and their larval food plants in the surroundings of upper Neora Valley National Park, a sub-tropical broad leaved hill forest in the eastern Himalayan landscape, West Bengal, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaA new host record and a new combination in Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaButterflies (Lepidoptera) of Dibang Valley, Mishmi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Arthropoda |
Class | Insecta |
Order | Lepidoptera |
taxon:hierarchy.superfamily | Papilionoidea |
Family | Pieridae |
Genus | Pieris |
Species | Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus 1758) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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