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Definition of Southern cabbage butterfly
1. Noun. Common North American form of cabbage butterfly.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Southern Cabbage Butterfly
Literary usage of Southern cabbage butterfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1883)
"In figure 1 we have represented the male, and in figure 2 the female of the
southern cabbage butterfly, an insect by no means confined to the South, ..."
2. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1883)
"... southern cabbage butterfly. (Picris protodice Boisd. ... This species, which
we have called the southern cabbage butterfly iu our ..."
3. Half Hours with Insects by Alpheus Spring Packard (1877)
""While this kind feeds on the leaves of the cabbage and turnip, the Southern
Cabbage Butterfly (Pieris Protodice), when in the caterpillar state, ..."
4. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"The southern cabbage butterfly * Before the invasion of the imported cabbage worm
... The southern cabbage butterfly: wing. The female is a, larva; 6, pupa. ..."
5. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard by Ezra Dwight Sanderson (1921)
"The southern cabbage butterfly * Before the invasion of the imported cabbage worm
this ... The southern cabbage butterfly a, larva; 6, pupa. (After Riley. ..."
6. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1881)
"In figure i we have represented the male, and in figure 2 the female of the
southern cabbage butterfly, an insect by no means confined to the South, ..."