Pieridae Pierinae Pierini Pieris napi Pieris segonzaci
Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Small White

Genus: Pieris Schrank, 1801   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (genus):
   Artogeia Verity, 1947

P. rapae (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (female), El Cedro, La Gomera, Canary Islands, April 3, 2004
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. rapae (© Ilaria Pimpinelli)
Adult, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, April 2001
(Photo by Ilaria Pimpinelli)
P. rapae (© Raniero Panfili)
Adult (female), Ceccano, località S. Ermete (Frosinone), Italy, September 13, 2003
(Photo by Raniero Panfili)
P. rapae (© Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
Adults (mating), Almaceda, Castelo Branco, Portugal, June 19, 2003
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)
P. rapae (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult, Roma, Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. rapae (© Paolo Mazzei)
Adult (male), Roma, Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. rapae (© Toon Verbruggen)
Adult (female laying eggs), Hoboken Polder, Antwerp, Belgium, June 27, 2004
(Photo by Toon Verbruggen)
P. rapae (© Paolo Mazzei)
Larva, Roma, Italy
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
P. rapae (© Paolo Mazzei)
Eggs, Vivaro (Roma), Italy, July 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)
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Foodplants:
Principally Brassicaceae, but also Tropaeolaceae, Resedaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Capparaceae

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