Mustard White

Mustard White

Taxobox
name = Mustard White
status = NE
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Pieridae
subfamilia = Pierinae
tribus = Pierini
genus = "Pieris"
species = "P. oleracea"
binomial = "Pieris oleracea"
binomial_authority = 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.


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