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Pieridae

Common names: cabbage white butterflies

Taxonomy: Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pieridae

Roles: pollinator

ITIS TSN: 117267

Synonyms: cabbage milky butterflies, milky butterflies

External: RMBL Collections

Papers: 58 | Mentions: 61

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

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Publications (58)

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Females know best: dispersal polymorphism maintained by sex-specific foraging

2025Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologyRole: text_match

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Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

2025OikosRole: text_match

article

Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant

2024Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

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Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

2023Science AdvancesRole: text_match

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Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Documents (1)

technical report

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Lepidoptera

52 shared papers

Pieris macdunnoughii

Pieridae27 shared papers

Beetles

20 shared papers

native plants

17 shared papers

Boechera stricta

Brassicaceae17 shared papers

Caterpillars

16 shared papers

non-native plants

16 shared papers

Pieris rapae

Pieridae15 shared papers

Drosophila melanogaster

Drosophilidae14 shared papers

Thlaspi

Brassicaceae14 shared papers

2023Role: text_match

article

Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

2022EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

2021Role: text_match

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The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

2021Genome Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

2020Role: text_match

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Experience may outweigh cue similarity in maintaining a persistent host plant-based evolutionary trap.

2020Ecological Monographs. doi 10.1002/ecm.1412Role: text_match

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Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

2019Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataRole: text_match

student_paper

The effect of nutrient availability on floral display and pollinator interactions

2019Role: text_match

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The persistent maladaptation of Pieris macdunnoughii: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

2019Role: text_match

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Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

other

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

article

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

2018Mountain ViewsRole: text_match

student_paper

Conflict of interest? Investigating the costs and benefits of herbivore defense using the model plant Boechera stricta

2017Role: text_match

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Historical changes in thermoregulatory traits of alpine butterflies reveal complex ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change

2016Climate Change ResponsesRole: text_match

student_paper

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of Pieris macdunnoughii on the invasive mustard Thlaspi arvense

2016Role: text_match

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Morphological and physiological determinants of local adaptation to climate in Rocky Mountain butterflies

2016Conservation PhysiologyRole: text_match

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Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

2016Role: text_match

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Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

2015Role: text_match

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Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of Colias butterflies to recent climate change

2015Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological SciencesRole: text_match

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Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

2015PloS oneRole: text_match

article

Dynamics and structure of a native Pieris population in the presence of a non-native, toxic larval host plant

2014Journal of the Lepidopterists SocietyRole: text_match

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Geographic differences and microevolutionary changes in thermal sensitivity of butterfly larvae in response to climate

2014Functional EcologyRole: text_match

thesis

Rapid evolution and population divergence in response to environmental change in Colias butterlies

2014Role: text_match

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A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

2013BMC Evolutionary BiologyRole: text_match

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Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

2013OecologiaRole: text_match

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Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

2011Annals of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

The effects of elevation and climate on butterfly (Lepidoptera) abundance and activity

2011Role: text_match

thesis

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

2010Role: text_match

article

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

2009Environmental EntomologyRole: text_match

article

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

2009OikosRole: text_match

article

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

2009Functional EcologyRole: text_match

article

A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of Colias butterfly (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2008Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionRole: text_match

thesis

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Butterfly foraging behavior: can butterflies detect nectar in flowering plants?

2008Role: text_match

student_paper

Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

2007Role: text_match

article

The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2006Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyRole: text_match

article

A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in artic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidopetera, Pieridae)

2005Canadian Journal of ZoologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Cardamine cordifolia Pollination effects on seed and fruit production

2004Role: pollinator

article

Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (Colias: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

2003Molecular EcologyRole: text_match

article

Measuring dispersal in a metapopulation using stable isotope enrichment: high rates of sex-biased disperal between patches in a mayfly population

2003OikosRole: text_match

article

The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in Colias butterflies

2003EvolutionRole: text_match

article

The evolution of wing color in Colias butterflies: heritability, sex linkage, and population divergence

2002EvolutionRole: text_match

article

The matrix matters: effective isolation in fragmented landscapes

2001American NaturalistRole: text_match

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Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera:Pieridae)

1996Molecular Biology and EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Thermal ecology of Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): a new mechanism of behavioral thermoregulation

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Thermoregulatory significance of wing melanization in Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): physics, posture, and pattern

1985OecologiaRole: text_match

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The "white male" variant of Colias (Pieridae): two new records from Colorado

1983Journal of the Lepidopterists' SocietyRole: text_match

article

The phenetic relationships of the butterflies. I. Adult taxonomy and the non-specificity hypothesis

1967Systematic ZoologyRole: text_match

article

Studies on the chromosomes of North American Rhopalocera. II. Hersperiidae, Megathymidae, and Pieridae

1960Journal of the Lepidopterists' SocietyRole: text_match

article

A study of hybrids in Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

1959EvolutionRole: text_match

article

Comparative studies of the developmental rates, hibernation, and food plants in North American Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

1958American Midland NaturalistRole: text_match

Pieridae

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 73 entities)

Publications (58)

Females know best: dispersal polymorphism maintained by sex-specific foraging

Fitness costs and benefits of a non-native floral resource for subalpine solitary bees

Increasing aridity may threaten the maintenance of a plant defence polymorphism

Sensory cues and memory in Lepidopteran mud puddling behavior

Changes in insect population dynamics due to climate change

Patterns of genetic variation and local adaptation of a native herbivore to a lethal invasive plant

Evidence for a single, ancient origin of a genus-wide alternative life history strategy

Genetic mechanisms underlying maladaptation in specialized species interactions

Documents (1)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Co-occurring Species

Lepidoptera

Pieris macdunnoughii

Beetles

native plants

Boechera stricta

Caterpillars

non-native plants

Pieris rapae

Drosophila melanogaster

Thlaspi

Novel host unmasks heritable variation in plant preference within an insect population

Larval Feeding Ability on a Drought-Stressed Invasive Plant

The genome of the Margined White butterfly (Pieris macdunnoughii): sex chromosome insights and the power of polishing with PoolSeq data

Ecological contexts of balancing selection in nature

Experience may outweigh cue similarity in maintaining a persistent host plant-based evolutionary trap.

Pre- and post-ingestive defenses affect larval feeding on a lethal invasive host plant

The effect of nutrient availability on floral display and pollinator interactions

The persistent maladaptation of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i>: Constraints on adaptation to an evolutionary trap

Climate Warming Drives Local Extinction in a Subalpine Meadow

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab. Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology spatially explicit

Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic CO Ecology of Place: Making Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spatially Explicit

Conflict of interest? Investigating the costs and benefits of herbivore defense using the model plant <i>Boechera stricta</i>

Historical changes in thermoregulatory traits of alpine butterflies reveal complex ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change

Larval feeding behavior and leaf components that affect the survival of <i>Pieris macdunnoughii</i> on the invasive mustard <i>Thlaspi arvense</i>

Morphological and physiological determinants of local adaptation to climate in Rocky Mountain butterflies

Temporal ecology of a subalpine ecosystem: Plant communities, plant-pollinator interactions, & climate change.

Adaptation to climate and climate change in Rocky Mountain butterflies: Morphology, physiology, and behavior

Climate variability slows evolutionary responses of <i>Colias</i> butterflies to recent climate change

Fine-Grained Distribution of a Non-Native Resource Can Alter the Population Dynamics of a Native Consumer

Dynamics and structure of a native Pieris population in the presence of a non-native, toxic larval host plant

Geographic differences and microevolutionary changes in thermal sensitivity of butterfly larvae in response to climate

Rapid evolution and population divergence in response to environmental change in <i>Colias</i> butterlies

A genetic polymorphism evolving in parallel in two cell compartments and in two clades

Fitness costs of butterfly oviposition on a lethal non-native plant in a mixed native and non-native plant community

Seasonal change in a pollinator community and the maintenance of style length variation in Mertensia fusiformis (Boraginaceae)

The effects of elevation and climate on butterfly (<i>Lepidoptera</i>) abundance and activity

Plant–Pollinator interactions in a changing climate

Nectar sugar limits larval growth of solitary bees (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

The importance of interannual variation and bottom-up nitrogen enrichment for plant-pollinator networks

Understanding insect life histories and senescence through a resource allocation lens

A mitochondrial-DNA-based phylogeny for some evolutionary-genetic model species of <i>Colias</i> butterfly (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions

Butterfly foraging behavior: can butterflies detect nectar in flowering plants?

Flower preference and constancy in four butterfly species

The green-veined white (Pieris napi L.), its Pierine relatives, and the systematics of divergent character sets (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

A reconnaissance of population genetic variation in artic and subarctic sulfur butterflies (Colias spp.; Lepidopetera, Pieridae)

<i>Cardamine cordifolia</i> Pollination effects on seed and fruit production

Adaptation at specific loci. VII. Natural selection, dispersal and the diversity of molecular-functional variation patterns among butterfly species complexes (<i>Colias</i>: Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Measuring dispersal in a metapopulation using stable isotope enrichment: high rates of sex-biased disperal between patches in a mayfly population

The evolution of wing color: male mate choice opposes adaptive wing color divergence in <i>Colias</i> butterflies

The evolution of wing color in <i>Colias</i> butterflies: heritability, sex linkage, and population divergence

The matrix matters: effective isolation in fragmented landscapes

Adaptation at specific loci. VI. Divergence vs parallelism of polymorphic allozymes in molecular function and fitness-component effects among Colias species (Lepidoptera:Pieridae)

Thermal ecology of Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): a new mechanism of behavioral thermoregulation

Thermoregulatory significance of wing melanization in Pieris butterflies (Lepidoptera; Pieridae): physics, posture, and pattern

The "white male" variant of Colias (Pieridae): two new records from Colorado

The phenetic relationships of the butterflies. I. Adult taxonomy and the non-specificity hypothesis

Studies on the chromosomes of North American Rhopalocera. II. Hersperiidae, Megathymidae, and Pieridae

A study of hybrids in Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Comparative studies of the developmental rates, hibernation, and food plants in North American Colias (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)