pierid

English Thesaurus

1. any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	butterfly,
definition	:	diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cabbage butterfly,
definition	:	white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family pieridae, pieridae,
definition	:	arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies (noun.animal)