| English name: | Small White, Cabbage White |
| Norwegian name: | Liten kålsommerfugl |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Danaus rapae in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 468. |
| Syn.: | metra (Stephens, 1827) |
| nelo (Bergsträsser, 1779) | |
| napaeae (Esper, 1805) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Sweden. |
| Worldwide distribution: | North Africa, Europe, Asia to Japan. Introduced to North America, Hawaiï, |
| New Zealand and Australia, where it is now widespread. At least in | |
| Australia P.rapae has become a pest for the agriculture industry. | |
| Subspecies in Norway: | P.r.rapae. |
| Recognized subspecies: | P.r.rapae (Linnaeus, 1758) - North and Central Europe, Canada, USA, |
| Mexico, Australia, Tasmania Is. | |
| P.r.leucotera Stefanelli, 1869 - Italy | |
| P.r.messanensis Rühl, 1893 - Sicily | |
| P.r.transcaucasica Stauder, 1925 - Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Armenian highland | |
| P.r.atomaria Talbot, 1932 - Balkan | |
| P.r.'noname' sensu Reissinger, 1990 - Asia Minor | |
| P.r.leucosoma Schawerda, 1905 - Syria, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Egypt | |
| P.r.meleager Hemming, 1934 - Iraq, NW Iran, Talysh, Kopet-Dagh, Saudi-Arabia | |
| P.r.originalis Bryk, 1940 - Iberia | |
| P.r.mauritanica Verity, 1908 - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia | |
| P.r.deleta (Strand, 1901) - NW Russia, Ukraine, Belarus | |
| P.r.kenteana Rühl, [1893] - Altai to Pacific coast, Kamchatka | |
| P.r.crucivora (Boisduval, 1836) - NE, E and C China, Korea, Amur, Ussuri, Sakhalin Is., Kuriles, Japan | |
| P.r.debilis (Alphéraky, 1889) - Southern parts of ex-USSR from Turan to Pamir |
P. rapae rapae | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Sweden. |
| Distribution in Norway: | South Norway. Occasionally found in North Norway. |
| Notes: | In Norway rapae is less common than brassicae and napi. |
| Described forms found in Norway: | f. 1.gen. metra Stephens, 1827 |
| f. 2.gen. aestiva | |
| Etymology: | rapae = a turnip. |
| aestiva: aestivus = pertaining to the summer. |
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PIERIS RAPAE RAPAE |
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Specimen |
Kommune |
Coll. date |
Remarks |
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1 |
28 |
AK |
Asker |
14-JUN-1998 |
male |
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2 |
28 |
AK |
Bærum |
20-JUL-2001 |
female |
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3 |
28 |
BØ |
Nedre Eiker |
17-AUG-1997 |
male (ventral view) |
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4 |
11 |
AAY |
Tvedestrand |
21-JUL-2001 |
female (ventral view) |
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