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Small White (Cabbage White) - Pieris rapae - Klein Koolwitje
Europe (including British Island), North-Africa and Asia. Introduced to North-America, Australia and New Zealand.
The following 9 subspecies are being recognized:
Pieris rapae rapae - Europe;
Pieris rapae atomaria - Iberian Peninsula;
Pieris rapae mauretanica - North-Africa;
Pieris rapae leucosoma - Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Israel;
Pieris rapae eumorpha - Kyrgyzstan;
Pieris rapae orientalis - Amur;
Pieris rapae crucivora - Japan;
Pieris rapae novangliae - Hawaii, America;
Pieris rapae napi - ?.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.