Butterflies as pests?

[Akshitha (Akshitha Menon)]

Continuing the discussion from Papilio polytes caterpillar on lime plant:

@jtd

Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae revealed with genomics and citizen science

PNAS – 10 Sep 19

Global invasion history of the agricultural pest butterfly Pieris rapae…

Over the last few thousand years, the seemingly inconspicuous cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae , has become one of the most abundant and destructive butterflies in the world. Here, we assessed variation at thousands of genetic markers from…

Date: 15/9/2019
Place: Lalbagh garden, Banglore, Karnataka
Is this the invasive Cabbage white? Definitely, part of the Pieridae family.

[Akshitha (Akshitha Menon)]

New Zealand is the first country to wipe out invasive butterfly

Is it okay to wipe out an entire species because they are “invasive”?
How do we label a particular species as invasive?
Please share your thoughts on this.

[pratittodkar (Pratit Shivaji Todkar)]

Well any species that evolves too fit to survival that it starts to dominate and cause havoc by over consumption of natural resources is termed a invasive. We humans ourselves are one of the most invasive species.

[pratittodkar (Pratit Shivaji Todkar)]

@Akshitha

Is it okay to wipe out an entire species because they are “invasive”?

Well was it OK if that invasive butterfly had wiped out one of the plant species?

A question like this is more of a philosophical question about morals. Because it doesn’t has any logical path that we can follow to weigh the existence of one species over the other in my opinion.

[Akshitha (Akshitha Menon)]

@pratittodkar

A question like this is more of a philosophical question about morals. Because it doesn’t has any logical path that we can follow to weigh the existence of one species over the other in my opinion.

I too concur with your opinion