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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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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
Photo Gallery
No more photo available
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.