Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India Author Pathania, P. C. Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; pathaniapc @ yahoo. co. in Author Mangat, H. K. Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141004, Punjab, India Author Sidhu, A. K. High Altitude Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Saproon, Solan - 173 211, Himachal Pradesh, India text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2018 2018-05-10 118 1 75 90 http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626 2581-8686 13184191 29. Pieris brassicae Linnaeus (Photo 30a, b) Papilio brassicae Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat. ed. X: 467. Material examined : ( 41♂♂ 24♀♀ ). India : Punjab: PAU, 6.v.2009 , Amit Katewa and P.C. Pathania ( 9♂ 5♀ ), PAU, 6.iv.2010 , Vijay and P.C. Pathania ( 14♂ 6♀ ), PAU 4.viii.2012 , Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania ( 10♂ 8♀ ), PAU, 16.ix.2013 , Avi Kumar and P.C. Pathania ( 8♂ 5♀ ). Distribution : Baluchistan and Chitral ( Pakistan ) eastwards to Assam, very common in Himalayas and plains adjoining Himalayas, ascending to about 12,000 feet in Himalayas ( Kumar, 2008 ). Host plant : Brassicaceae ( Kunte and Soman, 2017 ) . Subfamily COLIADINAE XXII. Genus Catopsila Hubner