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title: "Klein koolwitje"
description: "Pieris rapae — Insecten en spinnen. Pieris rapae is a small-to-medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/small-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Klein koolwitje

> Pieris rapae — Insecten en spinnen. Pieris rapae is a small-to-medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Pieris rapae*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 267461
- Wikidata: [Q27653](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27653)
- iNaturalist taxon: [55626](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/55626)

## Names

- en: Small White
- de: Kleiner Kohlweißling
- es: Blanquilla de la col
- fr: Piéride de la rave
- nl: Klein koolwitje
- pl: Bielinek rzepnik

## Countries with the most observations

US (101659), CA (33933), AU (13196), GB (12490), ES (8699), DE (6735), FR (5984), IT (4002), NZ (3403), PT (3140), RU (2827), CZ (2515)

## Summary

Pieris rapae is a small-to-medium-sized butterfly species of the whites-and-yellows family Pieridae. It is known in Europe as the small white, in North America and the United Kingdom as the cabbage white or cabbage butterfly, on several continents as the small cabbage white, and in New Zealand as the white butterfly. The butterfly is recognizable by its white color with small black dots on its wings, and it can be distinguished from P. brassicae by the latter's larger size and black band at the tip of the forewings.
The caterpillar of this species, often referred to as the "imported cabbageworm", is a pest to crucifer…

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

## Photo

![Klein koolwitje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/small-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: Elaine Gristock · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/386521167

## Machine access

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