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title: "Large White"
description: "Pieris brassicae — Insects & spiders. Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/large-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Large White

> Pieris brassicae — Insects & spiders. Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Pieris brassicae*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 60194
- Wikidata: [Q26764](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26764)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55401](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55401)

## Names

- en: Large White
- de: Großer Kohlweißling
- es: Blanca de la col
- fr: Piéride du chou
- nl: Groot koolwitje
- pl: Bielinek kapustnik

## Countries with the most observations

GB (11945), FR (4932), DE (3799), IT (3524), ES (3497), PT (3357), DK (2374), ZA (2282), RU (1512), GR (1128), AT (1085), CZ (1061)

## Summary

Pieris brassicae, the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, Pieris rapae.
The large white is common throughout Europe, North Africa and Asia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_brassicae

## Photo

![Large White](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/large-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: Vanessa Bremerich · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128297174

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/large-white?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).