Pieris (Pieris) brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10)1: 467-468.  
    TL: Sweden.
[JS] Pontia chariclea Stephens, 1827. Illust. Brit. Entomol.1: 17-18, pl. [3], fig. 1-2.  
    TL: Hertford (England, UK).
[JS] Pieris brassicae verna Zeller, 1847. Isis von Oken 1847(3): 222 (=220).  
    TL: Messina, Sicily (S Italy).
[JS] Pieris brassicae aestiva Zeller, 1847. Isis von Oken 1847(3): 222 (=220).  
    TL: Syracuse, Sicily (S Italy).  
[JS] Pieris brassicae var. catoleuca Röber, 1896. Entomol. Nachr. 22(6): 81.  
    TL: Taurus (Turkey).
[JS] Pieris brassicae ssp. cypria Verity, 1908. Rhopal. Pal.: 163, pl. 35, fig. 14-15.  
    TL: Larnaca (Cyprus).
[JS] Pieris brassicae vazquezi Oberthür, 1914. Ét. Lépid. Comp. 9(2): 89, pl. 264, fig. 2207.  
    TL: Castille (C Spain).
[JS] Pieris brassicae ssp. azorensis Rebel, 1917. Ann. Naturh. Mus. Wien 31: 16.  
    TL: Azores (Portugal).  
[JS] Pieris brassicae f. italorum Stauder, 1921. Dt. Entomol. Z. Iris 35(1/2): 26.  
    TL: M. Martinello, Aspromonte (Calabria, S Italy).
[JS] Mancipium brassicae f. cyniphia Turati, 1924. Atti Soc. ital. Sci. nat. 63: 27-28, pl. 1, fig. 2.  
    TL: Benghazi (Cyrenaica, Libya).
[JS] Mancipium brassicae subtaeniata Turati, 1929. Arch. Zool. Ital. 13: 178.  
    TL: Egeo (=Rhodes), Greece.  
[JS] Mancipium brassicae f. alpina Rocci, 1929. Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 8(1): 97.  
    TL: Piedmont (NW Italy).
Notes  
(1) List of the taxa found in the Western Palearctic: Pieris (P.) brassicae brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) ; P. (P.) brassicae azorensis Rebel, 1917 ; ...  
(2) List of the taxa not found in the Western Palearctic: Pieris (P.) brassicae nepalensis Gray, 1846 ; P. (P.) brassicae ottonis Röber, 1907 ; ...  
Bibliography  
Linnaeus C. 1758.
III. Lepidoptera. Caroli Linnaei, Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I ; Editio Decima, Reformata. Holmiae [Stockholm]: Laurentii Salvii (Ed.). pp. 458-542. (url)
  
  New taxon: Papilio brassicae.  
       
Oberthür C. 1914.
Explication des planches CCLVIII à CCLXIV.
Etudes de lépidoptérologie comparée 9(2): 87-89. (url)
  
  New taxon: Pieris brassicae vazquezi.  
       
Rebel H. 1917.
Siebenter Beitrag zur Lepidopterenfauna der Kanaren.
Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 31: 1-62. (url)
  
  New taxon: Pieris brassicae azorensis.  
       
Röber J. 1896.
Neue Schmetterlinge aus dem cilicischen Taurus.
Entomologische Nachrichten 22(6): 81-84. (url)
  
  New taxon: Pieris brassicae catoleuca.  
       
Rocci U. 1929.
Lepidotteri di Liguria.
Memorie della Società entomologica italiana 8(1): 90-113. (url)
  
  New taxon: Mancipium brassicae alpina.  
       
Stauder H. 1921.
Neues aus Unteritalien.
Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 35: 26-31. (url)
  
  New taxon: Pieris brassicae italorum.  
       
Stephens J. F. 1827.
Illustrations of British Entomology. or, a Synopsis of indigenous Insects. containing their generic and specific distinctions. with an account of their metamorphoses, times of appearance, localities, food and economy. Haustellata. Vol. I. London: published by Baldwin and Cradock (Ed.). pp. 1-150, 1-2, pl. 1-12. (url)
  
  New taxon: Pontia chariclea.  
       
Turati E. 1927.
Spedizione Lepidotterologica in Cirenaica 1921-1922.
Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano 63(1/2): 21-191. (url)
  
  New taxon: Pieris brassicae catoleuca.  
       
Turati E. 1929.
Lepidotteri. In: Ghigi, Issel, Brian, Santucci, Citterio & Alzani par incarico del Governo delle Isole Egee nell’Agosto 1926, Ricerche faunistiche nelle isole italiane dell’Egeo.
Archivio Zoologico Italiano 13(1-2): 177-186, fig. (url not available)
  
  New taxon: Mancipium brassicae subtaeniata.  
       
Verity R. 1905-1911.
Rhopalocera Palearctica, iconograhie et description des papillons diurnes de la région Paléarctique (Papilionidae et Pieridae).
Florence [Italy]: R. Verity. [Vol. 1 - texte]: i-lxxxvi, 1-368, [Vol. 2 - planches]: i-xii, pl. 1-86. (note on publication dates: Kudrna, 1983 (url): 1905: 1-36, pl. 1-7 ; 1906: 37-68, pl. 8-9, 11-13, 15, 21 ; 1907: 69-124, pl. 10, 14, 16-20, 22-23, 26, 41, 43-44 ; 1908: 125-220, pl. 27-34, 40, 42, 45-49 ; 1909: 221-284, pl. 24, 35-39, 48 ; 1911: i-lxxxvi, 285-368, pl. 25, 50-72). (url not available)
  
  New taxon: Pieris brassicae cypria.  
   

Zeller P. C. 1847.
Bemerkungen über die auf einer Reise nach Italien und Sicilien beobachteten Schmetterlingsarten (Fortsetzung von Isis Heft II. pag. 159).
Isis von Oken 1847(3): 213-233. (url)

  
  New taxa: Pieris brassicae verna, Pieris brassicae aestiva.  
 
Archives of Western Palearctic Lepidoptera
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