cabbage white

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large cabbage white
Pieris brassicae
Indian cabbage white
(Pieris canidia)
small cabbage white (Pieris rapae)

Etymology

The name refers to the fact that many butterflies of this genus favor cabbages (among other plants) as host plants for their eggs.

Noun

cabbage white (plural cabbage whites)

  1. (entomology) Any of various largely white butterflies with dark markings in the family Pieridae, especially the species Pieris brassicae, Pieris canidia, and Pieris rapae.

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