Pieris rapae (Linnaeus, 1758)

small white

Hoofddorp, 15.viii.2023 © Laurens van der Linde: pupa, lateral

ventral

11.v.2023: imaho

lateral

on Brassica, etc.

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Brassicaceae etc, mauw polyphagous

Alliaria petiolata; Alyssum alyssoides, murale; Arabis alpina subsp. caucasica, glabra, hitsuta; Armoracia rusticana; Aubrieta deltoidea; Aurinia saxatilis; Barbarea stricta, vulgaris; Brassica napus, oleracea, rapa; Bunias orientalis; Cakile maritima; Capparis spinosa; Cardamine amara, hirsuta, pratensis; Cardaria draba; Cleome hassleriana; Cochlearia officinalis; Coincya monensis subsp. cheiranthos; Crambe maritima, tataria; Diplotaxis erucoides, muralis, tenuifolia; Eruca vesicaria; Erucastrum gallicum; Erysimum odoratum; Hesperis matronalis; Iberis sempervirens, umbellata; Isatis tinctoria; Lepidium didymum, graminifolium, ruderale, virginicum; Lobularia maritima; Lunaria annua; Noccaea caerulescens; Raphanus raphanistrum, sativus; Reseda alba, lutea, luteola, phyteuma; Rorippa amphibia, australis, sylvestris; Sinapis alba, arvensis; Sisymbrium altissimum, loeselii, officinalis; Thlaspi arvense; Tropaeolum majus.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Baquero, Moraza, Ariño & Jordana (2011a), Budashkin & Savchuk (2010a), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Lafranchis (2020b), Lepiforum (2021), pyrgus.de (2023), Vegliante & Zilli (2007a), Wiemers (1995a), Wirooks & Theissen (1999a).