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Pieris brassicae
Family: PieridaeGenus: Pierisnative in Germany
native in Germany
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212
Plants
visited
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328
Interactions
documented
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22
Host plants
known
About this species
A butterfly of the family Pieridae. It is multivoltine, producing several broods between March and October, and overwinters as a pupa. The caterpillars are polyphagous.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
Overwinters as a pupa. Adult flight period spans March to October, with several generations produced during this time.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polyphagous
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
pupa
Scientific profile
Pieris brassicae is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It occurs in Great Britain. The species is multivoltine, completing multiple generations each year, with adults active from March through to October. The larvae are polyphagous, feeding on a broad range of plants. Overwintering takes place in the pupal stage.
Host plants
22 plants serve as food for the larvae
Brassica oleraceaArmoracia rusticanaTropaeolum majusPelargonium hybridumHesperis matronalisCrambe maritimaBerteroa incanaBrassica junceaEruca vesicariaBrassica rapaBrassica napus subsp. napusNicotiana tabacumCapsella bursa-pastorisBrassica nigraDraba incanaErysimum hieraciifoliumRaphanus sativusBunias orientalisCicer arietinumDiplotaxis tenuifoliaIsatis tinctoriaSisymbrium irio
Visited plants
190 plants are visited by this species
Trifolium dubiumErysimum cheiriCalystegia silvaticaRosa canina var. dumalisSaponaria officinalisEupatorium cannabinumCentaurea cyanusSilene dioicaRanunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensSuccisa pratensisKnautia arvensisJacobaea vulgarisFoeniculum vulgare var. azoricumBarbarea strictaBrassica oleracea subsp. oleraceaViola arvensisPrimula vulgarisSymphytum officinaleMentha spicataLinaria vulgarisRosa spinosissimaMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisMentha arvensisOriganum vulgarePersicaria hydropiperTrifolium campestreSyringa vulgarisLamium purpureum var. incisumTrifolium hybridumPulicaria dysentericaVeronica persicaRosa arvensisPersicaria amphibiaSolidago canadensisRaphanus raphanistrumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisInula heleniumLinaria repensLimonium binervosumLathyrus latifoliusVeronica officinalisRosa rubiginosaAnthemis arvensisHelianthus annuusSymphyotrichum lanceolatum × novi-belgiiGeranium pyrenaicumAjuga reptansAllium schoenoprasumHypochaeris radicataCirsium dissectum
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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