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cabbage butterfly

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cab′bage but`terfly

any white or chiefly white butterfly of the family Pieridae, as Pieris rapae, the larvae of which feed on the leaves of cabbages and related plants.

[1810–20]

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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

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