Pieris brassicoides
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P. b. brassicoides, Ethiopia | |
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Pieris brassicoides Guérin-Méneville, 1849[1]
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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 Tropaelum 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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- ^ Pieris, Site of Markku Savela
- ^ Afrotropical Butterflies: File D – Pieridae - Subtribe Pierina