Biodiversity of Cyprus by NGO Protection of the Natural Heritage and the Biodiversity of Cyprus

The rich and rare biodiversity in Cyprus. The Cyprus biodiversity includes 1908 plants, 780 seashells, 250 fishes, more than 7.000 insects, 410 birds including migratory, 31 mammals, 9 snakes, 11 lizards,three amphibians, 120 land snails, fungi estimated 5-8 thousandand and three turtles.These numbers continually increase as a result of researc. Also see All about Cyprus. From George Konstantinou. Email - fanigeorge@hotmail.com - Το υλικό της ιστοσελίδας αποτελεί πνευματική ιδιοκτησία.

Wednesday, 5 August 2015

Large white - Cabbage butterfly - Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) - Cyprus

All about Cyprus - Όλα για την Κύπρο

List of butterflys of Cyprus - Λίστα των πεταλούδων της Κύπρου

Family: Pieridae

The large white, Pieris brassicae, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative to the small white, Pieris rapae.

The large white is common throughout Europe, North Africa, Asia even through the Himalayas..From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia