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Cabbage butterfly
Pieris brassicae
Pierid
(Pieridae)
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Upper surface white with a broad black wingtip, 2 large black marks on front wing which are missing for ♂. Hindwing has a small black mark along the edge. Underside for both genders same, 2 black marks on the forewing. The forewing tip and the hindwing are yellowish sometimes with grey-green speckles. Very common lays its eggs on cabbage leaves. ⇔ wsp. 55-65 mm Many caterpillars and pupas are infected by parasitic wasps. LA: ≈ The PIERIS RAPAE (Small white) is smaller, has a smaller black tip and the ♂ has one black spot on the forewing.
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4 LookAlikes (LA):
Black-veined white
Clouded Apollo
Small white
Eastern wood white
Cabbage butterfly
Groot koolwitje
Großer Kohlweißling
Piéride du chou
Cavolaia maggiore
Blanca de la col
Pieris brassicae [L.]
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