Biodiversity Database of Washington DC

Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pieris rapae

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pieris rapae
Common Name: Imported Cabbage Butterfly

Country: USA
State/District: MD
County: Montgomery
Date: July 2002

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A alien Garden-1 pollination pollinator white butterfly
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Figures 1–4. A mating pair of Imported Cabbage Butterflies on a Tomato leaf on a warm, overcast afternoon. The male is the lighter individual. He carried his mate in flight; she did not flap her wings.

This butterfly is native to Eurasia. Humans introduced this species to North America and Australia. Larvae of this butterfly consume Garlic Mustard, Cleome, cole crops, Nasturtiums, and other species. Adults visit many species of plants for nectar (Lazri and Barrows 1984). This is the first butterfly to fly on GU Campus in the late winter and the last to fly in late autumn.

Reference

Lazri, B. and E. M. Barrows. 1984. Flower visiting and pollen transport by the Imported Cabbage Butterfly in a highly disturbed habitat. Environmental Entomology 13: 574-578.

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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pieris rapae
Common Name: Imported Cabbage Butterfly

Country: USA
State/District: MI
County: Lapeer
Date: 21 Sept 2001

Photographer: J. J. Cravens

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: E. M. Barrows
Location:
Keywords: A lepidopteran white butterfly
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Scientific name: Arthropoda: Insecta: Lepidoptera: Pieridae: Pieris rapae
Common Name: Imported Cabbage Butterfly

Country: USA
State/District: MI
County: Macomb
Date: 21 Sept 2001

Photographer: J. J. Cravens

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: E. M. Barrows
Location:
Keywords: A lepidopteran white butterfly
Additional Information:

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