Pieris brassicoides

Pieris brassicoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pieris
Species: P. brassicoides
Binomial name
Pieris brassicoides
Guérin-Méneville, 1849[1]
Synonyms
  • Pieris brassicoides brassicoides f. hodsoni Carpenter, 1935
  • Pieris brassicoides f. ragazzii Storace, 1956
  • Pieris brassicoides bogalei Rougeot, 1980
  • Pieris brassicoides meridionalis Joicey and Talbot, 1922

Pieris brassicoides is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. It is found in Ethiopia and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane areas.

The larvae feed on Tropaelum majus and Brassica napus.

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

Subspecies

References

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