Pieris brassicoides
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| Pieris brassicoides | |
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| P. b. brassicoides, Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pieridae |
| Genus: | Pieris |
| Species: | P. brassicoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Pieris brassicoides Guérin-Méneville, 1849[2] | |
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Pieris brassicoides, the Ethiopian cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia and Tanzania.[1][3] The habitat consists of montane areas.[1]
The larvae feed on Tropaeolum majus and Brassica napus.[1]
Pieris rapae is one of the closest relatives of this family.
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