Pieris brassicoides

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]

Pieris brassicoides
P. b. brassicoides, Ethiopia
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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]
Synonyms
Pieris brassicoides brassicoides f. hodsoni Carpenter, 1935 Pieris brassicoides f. ragazzii Storace, 1956 Pieris brassicoides bogalei Rougeot, 1980 Pieris brassicoides meridionalis Joicey and Talbot, 1922

The larvae feed on Tropaeolum majus and Brassica napus.^[1]

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

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:^[1]

• Pieris brassicoides brassicoides Guérin-Méneville, 1849 – highlands of Ethiopia above 2,000 meters, common
• Pieris brassicoides marghanita Hemming, 1941 – northern Tanzania above 2,000 meters, rare