Large white
Pieris brassicae
Synonyms: Белянка капустная
Order Lepidoptera. Family Pieridae.
Photo: Sarefo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Description
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.
Traits
- Wingspan
- 50–65 mm
- Flight period
- April–October
- Host plants
- cabbage and other crucifers
- Generations per year
- 2–3
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Photographs
Dr. F. Nemos / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
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