Ethiopian Cabbage White

Pieris brassicoides is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Ethiopia and Tanzania.^[2] The habitat consists of montane areas.

The larvae feed on Tropaeolum majus and Brassica napus.

Pieris rapae is one of the closest relatives of this family.

Subspecies

• Pieris brassicoides brassicoides (highlands Ethiopia above 2,000 meters)
• Pieris brassicoides marghanita Hemming, 1941 (northern Tanzania)

References

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• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 12

Pieris brassicoides is een vlindersoort uit de familie van de Pieridae (witjes), onderfamilie Pierinae.

Pieris brassicoides werd in 1849 beschreven door Guérin-Méneville.^[1]