Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Pieridae ) *

L4; 06/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 07/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 15/V/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 16/V/2019, 7 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 24/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 05/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 29/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 19/VI/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 06/VII/2020, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 07/X/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 04/II/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 24/I/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 29/IV/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/V/2020, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 06/V/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 17/II/2022, nect. on Sonchus tenerrimus L., 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 19/III/2023, nect. on L. dentata and A. monspeliensis , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L8; 15/I/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 08/V/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L16; 16/V/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 18/IV/2021, nect. on U. dalechampii , 7 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 15/V/2021, 15 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 14/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 22/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 12/VI/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L28; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L32; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L36; 05/V/2023, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 23/VII/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L37; 12/III/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L37; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L40; 18/II/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 14/V/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L44; 07/V/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L48; 01/IX/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L59; 19/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L60; 15/IX/2019, nect. on M. suaveolens , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L62; 03/IX/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L68; 11/II/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L69; 23/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L73; 20/XI/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L73; 11/V/2019, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L75; 11/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L77; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L79; 02/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L80; 18/II/2022, nect. on Crepis sp. , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L80; 12/III/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L82; 26/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L84; 01/IX/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L85; 05/VII/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 08/V/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L89; 11/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L93; 23/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L94; 12/VI/2019, nect. on M. suaveolens , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L94; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L94; 29/III/2024, nect. on Tropaeolum majus L., 2 ex. v., JLR.; L95; 19/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L98; 06/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L100; 06/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L106; 12/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L110; 28/X/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L112; 09/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L113; 01/XI/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L119; 28/X/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L119; 01/XI/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L120; 10/IX/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L130; 07/V/2023, nect. on E. creticum , 10 ex. v., JLR.; L130; 16/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L131; 14/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 10/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 19/IV/2021, nect. on Diplotaxis sp. , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 21/I/2023, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 21/III/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L133; 19/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L135; 05/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L135; 05/XI/2023, nect. on D. viscosa , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L136; 01/XI/2023, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L141; 06/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L141; 21/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L142; 03/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 01/V/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 14/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L145; 14/II/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L145; 01/XI/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L146; 01/X/2023, nect. on D. viscosa , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L148; 14/II/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L149; 05/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L149; 26/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L149; 01/XI/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L150; 05/XI/2023, nect. on D. viscosa , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L150; 10/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L150; 01/XI/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L151; 09/IX/2023, nect. on S. rosmarinus , 6 ex. v., JLR.; L151; 24/IX/2023, nect. on S. rosmarinus , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L152; 02/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L154; 11/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L155; 21/I/2023, nect. on O. pes-caprae , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L156; 30/XI/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: Previously recorded for Ceuta and its surroundings without a precise location by Bacallado Aránega et al. (2012). Observations of adults were recorded at 60 localities within 22 1× 1 km UTM squares. Tarrier & Delacre (2008) did not mention any records from the Tingitan Peninsula. This species is frequent and relatively abundant in Ceuta, with records mainly from March to November, peaking in May, June, and September. Adults have been observed nectaring on S. tenerrimus , L. dentata , A. monspeliensis , D. viscosa , U. dalechampii , T. majus , M. suaveolens , S. rosmarinus , and O. pes-caprae .