Pieris brassicoides

Pieris brassicoides
P. b. brassicoides, Ethiopia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Pieris
Species:	P. brassicoides
Binomial name
Pieris brassicoides Guérin-Méneville, 1849 [2]
Synonyms
Pieris brassicoides brassicoides f. hodsoniCarpenter, 1935 Pieris brassicoides f. ragazziiStorace, 1956 Pieris brassicoides bogaleiRougeot, 1980 Pieris brassicoides meridionalisJoicey and Talbot, 1922

Pieris brassicoides, the Ethiopian cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia and Tanzania. ^{[1] [3]} The habitat consists of montane areas. ^[1]

The larvae feed on Tropaeolum majus and Brassica napus . ^[1]

Pieris rapae is one of the closest relatives of this family.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies: ^[1]

• Pieris brassicoides brassicoidesGuérin-Méneville, 1849 – highlands of Ethiopia above 2,000 meters, common
• Pieris brassicoides marghanita Hemming, 1941 – northern Tanzania above 2,000 meters, rare

References

1. Larsen, T. (2011). "Pieris brassicoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T160509A5370283. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T160509A5370283.en . Retrieved 6 November 2023.
2. Pieris, Site of Markku Savela
3. Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina

• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12