PIERIDAE

Pieris rapae (Linnaeus), 1758

English name: Cabbage white (Imported cabbageworm, Small white, European cabbage white)
Japanese name: Monshiro-cho
Hawaiian name: Pulelehua kawa`ewae, Pulelehua kea

Distribution in Hawaii: Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, Maui, Hawaii
Host Plants: Cabbages, broccoli (Brassica spp.), Maiapilo (Capparis sandwichiana)
Fleights: Multi-brooded
adult butterflies early stages host plants & habitat other resources
Adult butterflies
Kailua-Kona, Big Island of Hawaii.
January 11, 2004.
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Dole Pineapple Plantation on Oahu, Hawaii
January 19, 2003.
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Dole Pineapple Plantation on Oahu, Hawaii
January 19, 2003.
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Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park,
the Big Island of Hawaii. June 29, 2002.
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Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park,
the Big Island of Hawaii. June 29, 2002.
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Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park,
the Big Island of Hawaii. June 29, 2002.
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Parker Ranch Homestead, Kamuela,
the Big Island of Hawaii. May 1, 2002.
Male.
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Parker Ranch Homestead, Kamuela,
the Big Island of Hawaii. May 1, 2002.
Male & Female.
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Parker Ranch Homestead, Kamuela,
the Big Island of Hawaii. May 1, 2002.
Male.
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Pololu Valley, the Big Island of Hawaii.
April 6, 2002.
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Palama, Honolulu, Oahu.
March 31, 2002.
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Palama, Honolulu, Oahu.
March 31, 2002.
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Oahu.
April 2, 2002.
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University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Oahu.
April 2, 2002.
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Pua Mau Place, North Kohala,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
March 24, 2002.
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Pua Mau Place, North Kohala,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
March 24, 2002.
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Kamehameha Akahi Birthsite,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
February 23, 2002.
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Kamehameha Akahi Birthsite,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
February 23, 2002.
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Kamehameha Akahi Birthsite,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
February 23, 2002.
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Kamehameha Akahi Birthsite,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
February 23, 2002.
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Kamehameha Akahi Birthsite,
the Big Island of Hawaii.
February 23, 2002.
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Lapakahi State Historical Park, North Kohala,
Big Island of Hawaii. February 3, 2002.
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Amy B.H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden
in Captain Cook, the Big Island of Hawaii.
February 2, 2002.
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Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park,
the Big Island of Hawaii. January 27, 2002.
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Haleiwa, Oahu.
January 30, 2000.
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Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu.
March 31, 1999.
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Copyright (c) 2002 Takashi Kumon
Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu.
April 2, 1999.
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Early stages
Manoa Community Garden in Honolulu, Oahu.
September 2, 2001.
Chrysalis attached to a leaf of a broccoli plant.
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Host plants & Habitat
the Big island of Hawaii.
June 24, 2002.
WILD MUSTARD (aka."Brassica kaber")
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Other resouces on the internet
  • http://www.extento.hawaii.edu/kbase/crop/Type/pieris.htm
    by Ronald F.L. Mau & Jayma L. Martin Kessing,
    Detailed explanation of Pieris Rapae in Hawaii


Photographs of Pieris rapae in Japan.

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