pierid butterfly

Synonyms:

pierid

Types:

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cabbage butterfly

white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage

Pieris rapae, small white

small widely distributed form

Pieris brassicae, large white

Old World form of cabbage butterfly

Pieris protodice, southern cabbage butterfly

common North American form of cabbage butterfly

Type of:

butterfly

diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings