Pieris oleracea frigida

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Newfoundland White
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pieridae
Tribe: Pierini
Genus: Pieris
Species: P. oleracea
Subspecies: P. o. frigida
Trinomial name
Pieris oleracea frigida
Scudder, 1861

The Newfoundland White (Pieris oleracea frigida) is a sub-arctic subspecies of the Mustard White butterfly. Mostly confined to the Newfoundland area of Canada.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.