White butterfly
Female
Pieris rapae rapae (Linn.)
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Size range
- Wingspan 45–50 mm
Distribution
- From Europe and North America, in New Zealand since about 1930, found throughout the country
Life History
- Caterpillars are pests of cabbage and other plants of the Brassicaceae family.
- Several parasites keep numbers in control
- Also known as Cabbage White
