Pieris rapae

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Pieris rapae
    n 1: toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly [syn:
         {cabbageworm}, {Pieris rapae}]
    2: small widely distributed form [syn: {small white}, {Pieris
       rapae}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cabbage butterfly \cab"bage butterfly\ (Zool.),
   a white butterfly ({Pieris rap[ae]} of both Europe and
   America, and the allied {Pieris oleracea}, a native American
   species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of
   the cabbage and the turnip. See also {Cabbage worm}, below.
   [1913 Webster] cabbage worm

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cabbage worm \cab"bage worm`\, cabbageworm \cab"bage*worm`\n.
   (Zool.),
   the larva of several species of moths and butterflies, which
   attacks cabbages. The most common is the toxic green larva of
   a white butterfly, the {cabbage butterfly}, ({Pieris
   rap[ae]}). The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks of
   young plants during the night, are the larv[ae] of several
   species of moths, of the genus {Agrotis}. See {Cutworm}.
   larva of a cabbage butterfly.
   [WordNet 1.5]