David Element
Wildlife Photography and Digital Video Images
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Butterflies 83 – Green-veined Whites
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (f)
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (f)
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (f)
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (m, f)
GREEN-VEINED WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (m, f)
GREEN-VEINED
WHITE BUTTERFLY Pieris napi (m, f)
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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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