Pieris rapae

species of butterfly
Taxon taxon Q27653
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Summary

Pieris rapae is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,134 views/month, #1,144 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Pieris[4]
  • Taxon name: Pieris rapae[5]
  • Commons category: Pieris rapae[6]
  • Has part(s): wing[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pieris rapae[8]
  • Commons gallery: Pieris rapae[9]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10]
  • Is pollinator of: tomato[11]
  • Short name: P. rapae[12]
  • Taxon common name: gwyn bach[13], klein koolwitje[14], small white[15], 白粉蝶[16], 紋白蝶[17], 菜粉蝶[18], 日本紋白蝶[19], 菜白蝶[20], bělásek řepový[21], piéride de la rave[22], Kleiner Kohlweißling[23], naurisperhonen[24], liten kålsommerfugl[25], palombina[26]
  • Has host: Sinapis arvensis[27], Tropaeolum majus[28], Alliaria petiolata[29], Brassica[30], Arabis glabra[31], Aurinia saxatilis[32], Raphanus raphanistrum[33], Rorippa aquatica[34], Sisymbrium officinale[35], Capsella bursa-pastoris[36], Biscutella auriculata[37], Capparis spinosa[38], Diplotaxis virgata[39], Capparis sandwichiana[40]

Body

Identifiers

Pieris rapae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 64459[41]. Pieris rapae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 176683[42]. Pieris rapae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 1920496[43]. Pieris rapae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 188541[44].

Why It Matters

Pieris rapae has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . colombia.inaturalist.org. colombia.inaturalist.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [41] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [44] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [42] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [43] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Global Biotic Interactions. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . Vlinderstichting vlinders. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . Portál informačního systému ochrany přírody. Retrieved . portal.nature.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . Belgian Species List. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [35] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [36] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [37] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [38] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [39] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [40] ↑ . data.nhm.ac.uk. data.nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 10d ago · Christian Pirkl · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Image: Pieris rapae male.jpg"
  2. 13d ago · PieterJanR · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'gwyn bach'}, {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'klein koolwitje'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'small white'} +15
    Sitelink count → 54
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Taxon common name: klein koolwitje"
  3. 6w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lepindex id → 179971
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Lepindex id: 179971, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/270217|batch #270217]]"
  4. 9w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 6562
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02283667-n
    Interlingual index id → i47522
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47826|batch #47826]]: OEWN"
  5. 22w ago · AraBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Pieris
    Is pollinator of → tomato
    Instance of → —
    Has host → Sinapis arvensis, Tropaeolum majus, Alliaria petiolata +46
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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