My name suggests something

Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae) - male

Sometimes it is just amazing how a light coloured butterfly keeps catching your eye throughout the day. Especially on a clear and bright winter's day with everything lush and green in the background. This one kept passing the front door every time as I walked down the corridor.  So eventually I just grabbed the camera and went outside to "shoot" it.

 

This specimen is the male Pieris brassicae (Cabbage white/Kool-witjie).  Its name suggests the preference of Brassica spp as larval food for this species - though the female may deposit her eggs on other plants as well.  Apparently the larvae will ruin nasturtium in a short period.

I "shot" this one in Moorreesburg (Western Cape) in our garden.