Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Pieris rapae is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, [note 1] on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. [2]
Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae. The large white is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia.
Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) – large white or large cabbage white; Pieris brassicoides Guérin-Méneville, 1849; Pieris bryoniae (Hübner, [1790-1793]) – dark-veined white or mountain green-veined white; Pieris canidia (Sparrman, 1768) – Indian cabbage white; Pieris cheiranthi (Hübner, 1808) – Canary Islands' large white
(The Cabbage White is the most common among 60 whitish butterfly species in the U.S.) ... White Butterfly Tattoo Meaning. Butterflies in general are popular inspirations for tattoos, often ...
Cabbage white or cabbage butterfly may refer to: Pieris brassicae, a Palearctic butterfly; Pieris rapae, a Palearctic butterfly that has been introduced to many other ...
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.
The cabbage white butterfly — also commonly known as the “imported cabbage white butterfly” — can wreak a large amount of damage on a garden quickly.
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 . Description