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Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread, now almost cosmopolitan, genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae. The highest species diversity is in the Palearctic , with a higher diversity in Europe and eastern North America than the similar and closely related Pontia .
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 ]
Considering that the butterfly was last collected in 1977, and not found since despite a 15-year survey during the 1980s and 1990s, it might be either extremely rare or possibly extinct. [ 5 ] The disappearance of this species coincides with the introduction, in the 1950s, of the small white butterfly ( Pieris rapae ).
Pieris angelika – Arctic white; Pieris brassicae – large white; Pieris marginalis – margined white Pieris marginalis reicheli – Reichel's margined white; Pieris oleracea – mustard white Pieris oleracea frigida – Newfoundland white; Pieris rapae – small white; Pieris virginiensis – West Virginia white butterfly
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.
Pieris oleracea, or more commonly known as the mustard white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae native to a large part of Canada and the northeastern United States. The nearly all-white butterfly is often found in wooded areas or open plains. There are two seasonal forms, which make it distinct from other similar species.
If you come across a white butterfly, consider yourself lucky because they have a significant spiritual meaning; even religions like Islam believe in their luck.
Pieris bryoniae, the dark-veined white or mountain green-veined white, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Pieridae. It has variously been considered to be a full species , a subspecies of Pieris napi or a superspecies complex.