Pieris oleracea

Mustard White
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Tribe:	Pierini
Genus:	Pieris
Species:	P. oleracea
Binomial name
Pieris oleracea Harris, 1829

The Mustard White (Pieris oleracea) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its historical range is in the great lakes area of the United States and southern Canada. The caterpillars feed on brassica type plants and the adults feed on flower nectar.^[1] Some authors consider oleracea to be a subspecies of the Green-veined White, Pieris napi, of Eurasia.^[2]

Similar species

• Pieris napi – Green-veined White]]
• Pieris virginiensis – West Virginia White
• Pieris marginalis – Margined White

References

1. ^ "BMNA Species Detail Mustard White". http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1395&chosen_state=*. Retrieved 2009-05-19. 
2. ^ Howe, William H. The Butterflies of North America (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975)

External links

• Mustard White, Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Mustard White, Butterflies of Canada
• Species Pieris oleracea - Mustard White, BugGuide

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