Large White Cabbage Butterfly Small 320×199 Medium 640×397 Large 1024×635 Download Tiff Original 2400×1489 | (711.4 KB) Description Large white cabbage butterflies have large wings that are covered with small scales. The mouth is not able to bite. The lower jaws are prolonged and are adapted for sucking honey from flowers. Keywords Butterfly, Insect, large white cabbage butterfly Galleries Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies Source: Nicholson, George The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening, Div. VI (London, England: L. Upcott Gill, 1884)