Pieris rapae is a small-to-medium-sized butterfly of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae, known in Europe as the small white, in North America and the United Kingdom as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. It is recognizable by its white coloring with small black dots on its wings, and can be distinguished from the related Pieris brassicae by its smaller size and the absence of a black band at the forewing tip.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceUpperside creamy white with black tips on the forewings; females also have two black spots in the center of the forewings. 1 Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
In Biome
Bog, Biomes Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pieris rapae
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Andorra, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belarus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Belgium, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bosnia and Herzegovina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bulgaria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Croatia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cyprus, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Czechia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Estonia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Europe, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Finland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Greece, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Hungary, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Ireland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Italy, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Japan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Latvia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Liechtenstein, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Lithuania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Luxembourg, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Malta, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Moldova, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Montenegro, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North Macedonia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Poland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Portugal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Spain, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Switzerland, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
Sources
1. Pieris rapae (Wikipedia)
Lead paragraph, first sentence
Pieris rapae is a small-to-medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.
Description section
The upperside is creamy white with black tips on the forewings. Females also have two black spots in the center of the forewings.
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Pieris rapae
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyPrimary Diet, Pieris rapae
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
In Biome: Bog, Habitat Regions, biome: bog
bog bog
View the Source 3. GBIF Species API
4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Pieris rapae
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 1920496, category fieldQuote, GBIF taxon key 1920496, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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