PIERIS BRASSICAE
| English name: | Large White |
| Norwegian name: | Kålsommerfugl |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Danaus brassicae in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 467. |
| Syn.: | chariclea (Stephens, 1828) (part) |
| anthrax Graham-Smith & Graham-Smith, 1930 | |
| carnea Graham-Smith & Graham-Smith, 1930 | |
| emigrisea Rocci, 1919 | |
| griseopicta Rocci, 1919 | |
| infratrinotata Carhel, 1954 | |
| nigrescens Cockerell, 1889 | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | North Africa, Europe, temperate parts of Asia to the Himalaya Mts. |
| Introduced to Japan and Chile. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | P.b.brassicae |
| Recognized subspecies: | P.b.brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) - Northern Europe |
| P.b.catoleuca Röber, 1896 - Asia Minor, Middle East | |
| P.b.cypria Verity, 1908 - Cyprus | |
| P.b.cyniphia (Turati, 1924) - Libya | |
| P.b.'noname' - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia (sensu Reissinger, 1990) | |
| P.b.verna (Zeller, 1847) - Sicily | |
| P.b.italorum Stauder, 1921 - Italy | |
| P.b.vazquezi Oberthür, 1914 - Iberia | |
| P.b.subtaeniata (Turati, 1929) - Greece; Rhodes Is. | |
| P.b.marghanita Hemming, 1941 - Kopet-Dagh | |
| P.b.ottonis Röber, [1907] - Turan, Tian-Shan, Ghissar, Darvaz, Altai, Pamir | |
| Notes: | Certain subspecies in Continental Europe are doubtful. |
P. brassicae brassicae | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Norway north to Nordland or possibly even further north. |
| Notes: | A common species throughout its range in Norway. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | gen. vern. chariclea Stephens, 1827 (spring generation) |
| gen. aest. lepidii Röber (autumn generation) | |
| Etymology: | brassicae = cabbage. |
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PIERIS BRASSICAE BRASSICAE |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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| 1 | 19 | Ø | Rygge | 04-SEP-1998 | male |
| 2 | 68 | MRY | Ørsta | 23-JUN-1993 | female |
| 3 | 12 | Ø | Hvaler | 08-JUN-2002 | female (after copuli, part of the male body is still attached to the female!) |
| 4 | 50 | SFI | Aurland | 09-JUN-2000 | male (ventral view) |
| 5 | 12 | Ø | Rygge | 04-SEP-1998 | female (ventral view) |
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