#2405 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Large White

🇳🇱 Groot koolwitje ·Pieris brassicae

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jfd67 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Thomas Bresson · CC BY 4.0
3. © boromir · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Adam Jones · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Vincenzo Stasolla · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. Tuitjenhorn, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nieuwe Niedorp, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6708 PD Wageningen, Netherlands:© no rights reserved · CC0
9. 6708 PA Wageningen, Netherlands:© Tia l'Amie · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

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 .

base stats

NL sightings 1,014iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 61,367iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 1,014 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #21 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
61,367 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).