cabbage butterfly

English Thesaurus

1. white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	pierid, pierid butterfly,
definition	:	any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	pieris rapae, small white,
definition	:	small widely distributed form (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	large white, pieris brassicae,
definition	:	Old World form of cabbage butterfly (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	pieris protodice, southern cabbage butterfly,
definition	:	common North American form of cabbage butterfly (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pieridae, pieridae,
definition	:	arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies (noun.animal)