SUBFAMILYPierinae
Whites
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers)) Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows) |
Pieris rapae
Cabbage White
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) Class Insecta (Insects) Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths) Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers)) Family Pieridae (Whites, Sulphurs, Yellows) Subfamily Pierinae (Whites) Tribe Pierini (Cabbage Whites, Checkered Whites, Albatrosses) Subtribe Pierina Genus Pieris Species rapae (Cabbage White - Hodges#4197) |
Pieris (Gr) = a Muse
rapae (L) = "turnip" |