Table 1 Four Pieris butterflies and their main host plant genera in Japan.
Species | Major Brassicaceae host | Reference |
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Pieris melete | Arabis Cardamine Orychophragmus Rorippa | Ohsaki & Sato (1994) Kitahara (2016) unpublished data |
Pieris napi | Arabidopsis Arabis Cardamine Rorippa | Ohsaki & Sato (1994) Kitahara (2016) unpublished data |
Pieris rapae | Brassica Rhaphanus Rorippa | Ohsaki & Sato (1994) unpublished data |
Pieris brassicae | Armoracia Brassica | Ueno (1996) |