Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 216 No. 216 |
Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.
Ancestry Graph
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flowchart LR
classDef active fill:#fff
arthropods("phylum: Arthropods"):::active
arthropods-->insects("class: Insects"):::active
insects-->butterflies-and-moths("order: Butterflies and Moths"):::active
butterflies-and-moths-->whites-yellows-and-sulphurs("family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs"):::active
whites-yellows-and-sulphurs-.->common-brimstone(["species: Common Brimstone"])
whites-yellows-and-sulphurs-.->green-veined-white(["species: Green-veined White"])
whites-yellows-and-sulphurs==>large-white(["species: Large White"]):::active
whites-yellows-and-sulphurs-.->small-white(["species: Small White"])
click common-brimstone href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/common-brimstone/"
click green-veined-white href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/green-veined-white/"
click large-white href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/large-white/"
click small-white href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/small-white/"
click arthropods href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/"
click insects href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/"
click butterflies-and-moths href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/"
click whites-yellows-and-sulphurs href "/en/catalogue/arthropods/insects/butterflies-and-moths/whites-yellows-and-sulphurs/"
„Metamorphosis“
Change is part of life. And nobody knows that better than a butterfly. A very personal story of evolution and transformation.
