Pieris brassicae Linnaeus

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626
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scientific name	Pieris brassicae Linnaeus
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29. Pieris brassicae Linnaeus View in CoL (Photo 30a, b)

Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat. ed. X: 467.

Material examined: (41♂♂ 24♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

6.v.2009, Amit Katewa and P.C. Pathania (9♂ 5♀), PAU, 6.iv.2010, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (14♂ 6♀), PAU

4.viii.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (10♂ 8♀), PAU, 16.ix.2013, Avi Kumar and P.C. Pathania (8♂ 5♀).

Distribution: Baluchistan and Chitral ( Pakistan) eastwards to Assam, very common in Himalayas and plains adjoining Himalayas, ascending to about 12,000 feet in Himalayas ( Kumar, 2008).

Host plant: Brassicaceae ( Kunte and Soman, 2017) .

Subfamily COLIADINAE

XXII. Genus Catopsila Hubner