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_______________________________________________________________________ Butterflies 83 – Green-veined Whites

 

 

 

A close up of an insect

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (f)

 

A insect on the ground

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi

 

A insect on a leaf

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi

 

A insect on the ground

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi

 

A close up of a flower

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi

 

A close up of a flower

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (f)

 

A insect on the ground

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (f)

 

Close up of a leaf

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi

 

A close up of a flower

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (m, f)

 

A close up of a flower

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (m, f)

 

A close up of a flower

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GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (m, f)

 

·         First brood Green-veined White Butterflies Pieris napi are generally greyer in appearance than those that emerge in the summer months as they are more liberally dusted with black scales but the extent of these markings can be variable and the males lack most of the black markings present on the uppersides of the females. Only the first illustration on this page is of a first brood insect. The ‘green veins’ are actually nothing of the sort, this being an optical illusion caused by marginal black scales bordering the veins of the underside. When seen against a creamy yellow background these markings may be perceived as greenish when observed from a distance. In the UK, this common butterfly is most likely to be confused with the Small White Butterfly Pieris rapae although a clear view of the underside should provide sufficient information to separate them. There are many other ‘Whites’ on the Continent including the Balkan Green-veined White P. balcana and the Mountain Green-veined White P. bryoniae and in some parts of Europe where these species overlap, unequivocal identification may not be possible from examination of macroscopic features.

 

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