pierid butterfly

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pierid butterfly - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legspieridbutterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wingsfamily Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterfliescabbage butterfly - white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage