Pieris (Pieris) brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)


Sweden


Habitat
  • Fields
  • Gardens
  • Orchards
  • Ruderal areas
  • Scrub
  • Woodlands
49 - 62 mm51 - 63 mm
Blanca de la col
Bělásek zelný
Stor kålsommerfugl
Grosser Kohlweissling
Suur-kapsaliblikas
Large White
Blanca de la Col
Piéride du chou
Kupusov bijelac
La Cavolaia maggiore
Kopūstinis baltukas
Káposztalepke
Groot koolwitje
Stor kålsommerfugl
Bielinek kapustnik
Lagarta da couve
Mlynárik kapustový
Kapusov belin
Veliki kupusar
Kaaliperhonen
Kålfjäril
Büyük Beyazmelek
Πιερίδα του λάχανου
Бялянка капусная
Зелева пеперуда
Белянка капустная
Капустница
Білан капустяний
หนอนกะหล่ำใหญ่
კომბოსტოს თეთრულა
大菜粉蝶
לבנין הכרוב
فراشة أبو دقيق الملفوف
سفید کلمی بزرگ

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
BrassicaceaeAlliaria petiolataGarlic mustard
Alyssum montanum
Arabis glabraTower mustard
Armoracia rusticanaHorseradish
Aurinia saxatilisBasket of Gold
Barbarea vulgarisBittercress
Brassica montana
Brassica napusRapeseed
Brassica oleraceaWild cabbage
Brassica rapaNapa cabbage
Bunias orientalisTurkish wartycabbage
Cakile maritimaEuropean Sea Rocket
Capsella bursa-pastorisShepherd's Purse
Cardamine bulbiferaCoralroot bittercress
Cochlearia officinalisCommon Scurvygrass
Coincya monensis
Crambe koktebelica
Diplotaxis erucoidesWhite rocket
Diplotaxis muralisAnnual wall-rocket
Diplotaxis tenuifoliaPerennial wall-rocket
Eruca vesicariaArugula
Erysimum hieracifolium
Hesperis matronalisDame's Violet
Hirschfeldia incanaShortpod mustard
Isatis tinctoriaWoad
Lepidium latifoliumPerennial pepperweed
Lobularia maritimaSweet alyssum
Lunaria annuaAnnual honesty
Lunaria redivivaPerennial honesty
Raphanus raphanistrumWild radish
Raphanus sativusDaikon
Rorippa amphibiaGreat yellowcress
Rorippa sylvestrisCreeping yellowcress
Sinapis arvensisCharlock
Sisymbrium loeseliiSmall tumbleweed mustard
Sisymbrium officinaleHedge mustard
Tarenaya hasslerianaSpider flower
Thlaspi arvenseField pennycress
CapparaceaeCapparis spinosaCaper
ResedaceaeReseda luteaWild Mignonette

Known subspecies

SpeciesAuthorLocus typicus
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae brassicaeLinnaeus, 1758
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae catoleucaRöber, 1896
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae cypriaVérity, 1908Cyprus
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae italorumStauder, 1921Italy
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae nepalensisDoubleday, 1846
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae ottonisRöber, 1907
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae subtaeniataTurati, 1929Greece, Rhodes Island
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae vazqueziOberthür, 1914Iberian Peninsula
Pieris (Pieris) brassicae vernaZeller, 1924Sicily
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