Pieris brassicae

species of butterfly
Taxon taxon Q26764
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Summary

Pieris brassicae is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.78% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,465 views/month, #1,517 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Pieris[4]
  • Taxon name: Pieris brassicae[5]
  • Commons category: Pieris brassicae[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pieris brassicae[7]
  • Commons gallery: Pieris brassicae[8]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[9], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Original combination: Papilio brassicae[11]
  • Short name: P. brassicae[12]
  • Taxon common name: gwyn mawr[13], groot koolwitje[14], cabbage butterfly[15], large white[16], cabbage moth[17], large cabbage white[18], bělásek zelný[19], piéride du chou[20], Großer Kohlweißling[21], kaaliperhonen[22], bielinek kapustnik[23], stor kålsommerfugl[24], 欧洲粉蝶[25], Kabesfrësser[26]
  • Has host: Tropaeolum majus[27], Reseda lutea[28], Brassica[29], Brassica oleracea var. botrytis[30], Brassica rapa var. glabra[31], Armoracia rusticana[32], Bunias orientalis[33], Cicer arietinum[34], Raphanus sativus[35], Erysimum hieraciifolium[36], Sisymbrium austriacum[37], Sisymbrium irio[38], Tropaeolum peregrinum[39], Berteroa incana[40]

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Identifiers

Pieris brassicae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 55401[41]. Pieris brassicae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 7116[42]. Pieris brassicae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 175000[43]. Pieris brassicae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1920506[44]. Pieris brassicae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 778274[45].

Why It Matters

Pieris brassicae has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [46] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Insects (insecta) of the world id → 8840
    Lepindex id → 179361, 179443
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  2. 7w ago · Christian Pirkl · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Insects, WikiProject Lepidoptera, WikiProject Agriculture +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: (MHNT) Pieris brassicae - Ste.Foy d'Aigrefeuille Haute Garonne France - male.jpg"
  3. 8w ago · Treisijs · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Insects, WikiProject Lepidoptera, WikiProject Agriculture +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Maintained by wikiproject: WikiProject Insects"
  4. 8w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 6569
    Verbaalpina id → C4078
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  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Pieris
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987012430996705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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