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Large White
Pieris brassicae
Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.192
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 1) (1750)
Mark Catesby · 1750 · p.133
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.257
The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands : containing two hundred a...
Catesby, Mark, bioloog, kunstenaar · 1743 · p.401
Florentine Codex, Vol. 3 (Books 10-12)
Bernardino de Sahagún · 1577 · p.379
Introductory Book
Michael Scot · 1350 · p.307
The Natural History of Carolina Florida and Bahama Islands Vol. 2
Mark Catesby · 1743 · p.190
Christoph Jakob Trew — Uitgezochte planten (1771)
Christoph Jakob Trew · 1771 · p.120
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.655
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx — Moninckx Atlas, vol. 1 (1686)
Jan Moninckx; Maria Moninckx · 1687 · p.15
A voyage to the islands Madera Barbados Jamaica Vol. 1
Hans Sloane · 1707 · p.630
Mark Catesby — Piscium, serpentum, insectorum (pt. 2) (1777)
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.27
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55401.