Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information

Pieris rapae crucivora Small Cabbage White
Animal Group:	Butterfly
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Subfamily:	Pierinae
Other Name(s):	Artogeia rapae
Other Common Name(s):	Small White
Description:	Wingspan ranges from 50 to 60mm. Sexual dimorphism. They occur in whole year except July, October and November.

Conservation Status

AFCD Assessment

Rare

Distribution

Distribution in Hong Kong Shep Mun Kap, Fan Lau, Ngong Ping, Kam Tin, Ho Chung, Luk Keng, Tuen Mun Ash Lagoon Global Distribution Vietnam, China, Korea, Japan

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References

More on Butterfly in HK

Young, J.J., Yiu, V. 2002. Butterfly Watching in Hong Kong. Wan Li Book Co Ltd.

Hill, D.S., Johnson, G., Bascombe, M.J. 1978. Annotated Checklist of Hong Kong Butterflies. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society 11: 1-62.

Bascombe, M.J., Johnston, G., Bascombe, F.S. 1999. The butterflies of Hong Kong. Academic Press.