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Garden Whites
(Genus Pieris)
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Pieris, the whites or garden whites, is a widespread now almost cosmopolitan genus of butterflies of the family Pieridae. The highest species diversity is in the Palearctic. Many species of this genus have caterpillars which feed on cabbage and other members of the Brassicaceae. The chemical basis of this association with a certain plant group has been studied for over 100 years, and is now known to occur via a number of biochemical adaptations to chemicals...
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Small White
(Pieris rapae)
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Pieris rapae, the small white, is a small- to medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is also known as the small cabbage white and in New Zealand, simply as white butterfly. The names "cabbage butterfly" and "cabbage white" can also refer to the large white. The butterfly can be distinguished by the white color with small black dots on its wings. They are further distinguished by the smaller size and lack of the...
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Green-veined White
(Pieris napi)
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The green-veined white (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.
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Large White
(Pieris brassicae)
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Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.
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Checkered White
(Pontia protodice)
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Pontia protodice, the checkered white or southern cabbage butterfly, is a common North American butterfly in the family Pieridae. Its green larva is a type of cabbage worm.
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Genus Pieris
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Pieris (/ˈpaɪ.ərɪs/ or /ˈpɪərɪs/) is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba. Known commonly in North America as andromedas or fetterbushes, they are broad-leaved evergreen shrubs growing to 1–6 metres (3 ft 3 in–19 ft 8 in) tall and 3–10 ft (0.9–3.0 m) wide. The leaves are spirally arranged, often appearing to be in whorls at the end of each shoot with bare stretches..
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Japanese Andromeda
(Pieris japonica)
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Pieris japonica, the Japanese andromeda or Japanese pieris, is a plant in the heather family, Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan where it grows in mountain thickets.
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Indian Cabbage White
(Pieris canidia)
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Pieris canidia, the Indian cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. Pieris rapae is one of the closest species in the Pieridae family.
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Bath White
(Pontia daplidice)
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Pontia daplidice, the Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region. It is common in central and southern Europe, migrating northwards every summer, often reaching southern Scandinavia and sometimes southern England.
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Margined White
(Pieris marginalis)
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Pieris marginalis (margined white) is a butterfly found in the Yukon, Western Canada and the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is very similar to the species Pieris oleracea.
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Mustard White
(Pieris oleracea)
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Pieris oleracea, or more commonly known as the mustard white, is a butterfly in the Pieridae family native to a large part of Canada and the northeastern United States. The nearly all-white butterfly is often found in wooded areas or open plains. There are two seasonal forms, which make it distinct from other similar species. Because of climate change, populations are moving further north.
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Southern Small White
(Pieris mannii)
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Pieris mannii (southern small white) is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.
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West Virginia White
(Pieris virginiensis)
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Pieris virginiensis, the West Virginia white, is a butterfly found in North America in the Great Lakes states, along the Appalachians from New England to Alabama, and in southern Ontario. They are typically found in moist deciduous forests. Forestry, development, and a highly-invasive species that it confuses with its host plant are causing this species to decline.
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Dark-veined White
(Pieris bryoniae)
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Pieris bryoniae, the dark-veined white or mountain green-veined white, is a European butterfly of the family Pieridae.
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Spring White
(Pontia sisymbrii)
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Pontia sisymbrii, the spring white, California white, or Colorado white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in mountainous areas of western Canada and the United States.
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Mountain Andromeda
(Pieris floribunda)
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Pieris floribunda is a North American species of broadleaf evergreen shrub, a member of the fetterbush genus in the blueberry family (Ericaceae). It is commonly known in North America as mountain fetterbush or mountain andromeda. All parts of Pieris floribunda are poisonous if ingested. It is a rare plant to find in landscapes because it is difficult to propagate and it often does not adapt well to cultivation. However, there are a few specialty and native...
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White Dartlet
(Agriocnemis pieris)
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Agriocnemis pieris, white dartlet, is a species of damselfly in the family Coenagrionidae. It is found in India and is likely to extend into Bangladesh.
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Mountain Small White
(Pieris ergane)
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Pieris ergane, the mountain small white, is a butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is found in Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, Iraq, Iran and Transcaucasia.
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Peak White
(Pontia callidice)
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Pontia callidice, the lofty Bath white or peak white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic zoogeographical region.
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