Green-veined White vs Large Cabbage White

Pieris napi compared with Pieris brassicae

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Green-veined White	Large Cabbage White
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (artrópode)	Arthropoda (artrópode)
Class same	Insecta (inseto)	Insecta (inseto)
Order same	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family same	Pieridae	Pieridae
Genus same	Pieris	Pieris
Species	Pieris napi	Pieris brassicae

Evolutionary Relationship

Green-veined White and Large Cabbage White share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Pieris.

Conservation Status

Green-veined White

LC — Least Concern

Large Cabbage White

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Green-veined White	Large Cabbage White
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Green-veined White

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (40 countries) and North America (United States).

Large Cabbage White

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (South Africa), Asia (Cyprus, Japan, Taiwan), Europe (41 countries), North America (United States), and South America (Chile).

Green-veined White

A borboleta-branca-nervurada-de-verde (Pieris napi) está classificada como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Abundante e amplamente distribuída em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.

Large Cabbage White

A borboleta-branca-da-couve-grande (Pieris brassicae) está classificada como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da UICN. Amplamente distribuída e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações imediatas de conservação.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 41 countries:

🇦🇱 Albania 🇦🇩 Andorra 🇦🇹 Austria 🇧🇾 Belarus 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇨🇿 Czech Republic 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇪🇪 Estonia 🇫🇮 Finland 🇫🇷 France 🇩🇪 Germany 🇬🇷 Greece 🇭🇺 Hungary 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇱🇻 Latvia 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 🇱🇹 Lithuania 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 🇲🇹 Malta 🇲🇩 Moldova 🇲🇪 Montenegro 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇱 Poland 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇷🇴 Romania 🇷🇺 Russia 🇷🇸 Serbia 🇸🇰 Slovakia 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇦 Ukraine 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States