cabbage butterfly

cabbage butterfly

n.

Any of several white butterflies of the genus Pieris, having larvae that feed on cabbage.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cabbage butterfly - white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage family Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies pierid, pierid butterfly - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs small white, Pieris rapae - small widely distributed form large white, Pieris brassicae - Old World form of cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice, southern cabbage butterfly - common North American form of cabbage butterfly