Whites (butterfly)

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?Whites (butterfly)
Large White, Pieris brassicae
Large White, Pieris brassicae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Subfamily: Pierinae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Pieris
Schrank, 1801
Species

Pieris angelika
Pieris brassicae
Pieris bryoniae
Pieris marginalis
Pieris napi
Pieris oleraca
Pieris rapae
Pieris virginiensis

Pieris is a widespread genus of butterflies of family Pieridae, the whites and yellows. Many species of this genus have caterpillars which feed on cabbages and other members of the Brassica family. The crop-damaging species have spread from Eurasia to most of the rest of the world and are considered pest insects almost everywhere.

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