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Pieris brassicoides

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Pieris brassicoides
P. b. brassicoides, Ethiopia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Genus: Pieris
Species:
P. brassicoides
Binomial name
Pieris brassicoides
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 family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia and Tanzania.[2] The habitat consists of montane areas.

The larvae feed on Tropaeolum majus and Brassica napus.

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

Subspecies

  • Pieris brassicoides brassicoides (highlands Ethiopia above 2,000 meters)
  • Pieris brassicoides marghanita Hemming, 1941 (northern Tanzania)

References

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Wikispecies has information related to Pieris brassicoides.
  1. ^ Pieris, Site of Markku Savela
  2. ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina


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