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Also known as small cabbage white, small white, cabbage white butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage butterfly
粉蝶科粉蝶属蝴蝶
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Pieris rapae, commonly known as the small white or cabbage butterfly, is a species of insect in the family Pieridae. Classified within the order Lepidoptera, class Insecta, and phylum Arthropoda, it belongs to the genus Pieris. The species was described by Linnaeus in 1758, though WoRMS lists Boisduval, 1836 as the authority. It is an accepted taxon with a status of Least Concern according to the IUCN Red List for 2025.
The butterfly has wings and serves as a pollinator for tomatoes. Its host plants include Sinapis arvensis, Tropaeolum majus, Alliaria petiolata, and Brassica. While its taxon range is listed as New Zealand, occurrence records are present in Canada, the United States, Portugal, Mexico, and Japan. These records are held by institutions such as RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNS, MSU, IIZD-UASLP, and UMNH.
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Species
Least Concerncabbage butterfly
Pieris rapae
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyPieridae
菜粉蝶（学名：Pieris rapae）也叫「紋白蝶」，是菜粉蝶属下的一種蝴蝶，喜歡吸食花蜜。幼蟲以啃食十字花科蔬菜為食，例如：薺菜、細葉碎米薺、葶藶等野生植物，或是白菜、青江菜、高麗菜、蘿蔔等食用蔬菜。成年虫体长15－20毫米，头胸部灰黑色，翅膀灰白略带青色，有黑斑，幼虫叫「菜青虫（日语：アオムシ）」（毛蟲），体长28－35毫米，绿色，年生5－8代，幼虫危害甘蓝、青菜、大白菜等蔬菜，食幼片成孔洞，可用喷洒药剂杀幼虫，捕捉幼虫和蛹的办法防治。
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7,949
- With media
- 1,592
- Family
- Pieridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, DMNS, MSU, IIZD-UASLP, UMNH, PSUC
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States, Portugal, Mexico, Japan
Wikidata facts
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- taxon name
- Pieris rapae
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- Pieris rapae
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- Pieris rapae
- taxon common name
- Klenge Kabespäiperlek
- taxon author citation
- (Linnaeus, 1758)
- is pollinator of
- tomato
- short name
- P. rapae
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- taxon range
- New Zealand
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Article · 中文
菜粉蝶（學名：Pieris rapae，英文俗名：Small White, Small Cabbage White，別名：紋白蝶、日本紋白蝶、白紋蝶、菜白蝶）在台湾又名缘点白粉蝶，是屬於粉蝶科的一種蝴蝶，是粉蝶屬的一種。廣泛分佈於歐亞大陸大部分地區，並已入侵並立足於北美、北非、澳洲、紐西蘭等地低至高海拔地區。模式產地為瑞典。 一年多代。成蝶飛行緩慢，好訪花。冬季溫度低的地區以蛹態過冬。幼蟲的寄主主要為十字花科植物，大多都是農作產物，所以菜粉蝶是族群密度非常高的農業害蟲。雌蝶將卵單產在十字花科蔬菜上，因此飯盒裡常能找到煮熟的幼蟲，爲了避免各類昆蟲啃食，農夫大多會施以農藥防治以達立竿見影之效。
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