Biodiversity of Cyprus by George Konstantinou

The rich and rare biodiversity of Cyprus includes 1,908 plants, 780 seashells, 250 fish, over 7,000 insects, 410 birds including migratory species, 31 mammals, 9 snakes, 11 lizards, 3 amphibians, 120 land snails, an estimated 5,000–8,000 fungi and 3 turtles. These numbers continue to increase through research. Also see All About Cyprus. By 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