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Butterfly taxonomy (classification) The skippers The swallowtails The whites The hairstreaks, coppers and blues. Includes the Duke of Burgundy. The nymphalids, fritillaries and browns. Includes the Monarch.

Species Listing

This page contains a listing of primary species only. Click here to see both primary species and secondary species.

Family: Pieridae

The Pieridae family contains species more commonly known as "whites". The vernacular names follow Emmet and Heath (1990). The scientific names follow Bradley (2000).


Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Male
Wood White - imago - Botany Bay - 26-May-04 (3)
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Female
Wood White Female - Second Brood, Botany Bay/Oaken Wood, Sussex 16-July-09
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Réal's Wood White
Leptidea reali
Male
Reals Wood White - imago - Rosslare, Wexford - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Réal's Wood White
Leptidea reali
Male Underside
Photo © Adrian Riley
Réal's Wood White
Leptidea reali
Female
Reals Wood White - imago - Northern Ireland - Jun-04 [Mike Duffy]
Réal's Wood White
Leptidea reali
Female Underside
Photo © Mike Duffy
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Male
Pale Clouded Yellow - imago - Little Hortobagy, Hungary - 13-Jul-06 (0541)
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Female
Pale Clouded Yellow - imago - Little Hortobagy, Hungary - 13-Jul-06 (0544)
Pale Clouded Yellow
Colias hyale
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Male
Bergers Clouded Yellow - imago - Thatcham - 12-Nov-07 (1210) {REARED}
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Bergers Clouded Yellow - imago - Unknown location - Unknown date (2) [Guy Padfield]
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Female
Photo © Guy Padfield
Bergers Clouded Yellow - imago - Thatcham - 28-Jul-07 (1103) {REARED}
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Male
Clouded Yellow Male - Birling Gap, Sussex 1-Oct-09
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Clouded Yellow courtship. Bournemouth. 15.Oct.2005
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Female
Photo © Mikhail
Clouded Yellow Bournemouth 15 Apr 2007
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Female Underside
Photo © Mikhail
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Male
Brimstone Male, Botany Bay/Oaken Wood, Sussex 14-July-06
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Female
Brimstone - imago - Stockbridge Down - 16-Jul-08 (1)
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black-Veined White - imago - Thatcham - 20-May-06 (0130) [REARED]
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black-Veined White - imago - Thatcham - 14-May-06 (0119) [REARED]
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Female
Black-Veined White - imago - Stockbridge Down - 27-Jul-07 (2) [Neil Hulme]
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Female Underside
Photo © Neil Hulme
Large White Male - Second Brood, Crawley, Sussex 20-Sept-08
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Male
Photo © Vince Massimo
Large White Male - First Brood, Crawley, Sussex 21-April-06
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Large White - imago - nr Elgin - 06-Jul-06 [Anne Burgess]
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Female
Photo © Anne Burgess
Large White - imago - Noar Hill - 25-Jul-09 (1)
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small White Clive Burrows [Clive Burrows]
Small White
Pieris rapae
Male
Photo © Clive Burrows
Small White - imago - Stockbridge Down - 01-Aug-07 (1112)
Small White
Pieris rapae
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Small White Female - First Brood, Crawley, Sussex 17-April-07
Small White
Pieris rapae
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small White - imago - Pamber Forest - 28-Jun-04
Small White
Pieris rapae
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Green-Veined White - imago - Clayton, Staffordshire - 21-Apr-09 [John Wood]
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Male
Photo © John Wood
Green-Veined White - imago - Crabtree Plantation - 03-Jul-06 (0443)
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Green-Veined White - imago - Fakenham - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Female
Photo © Adrian Riley
Green Veined White Female - First Brood, Crawley, Sussex 27-April-06
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Male
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Male Underside
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Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Female
Photo © Paul
Bath White - imago - Midden Beemster, Noord Holland - Unknown date [Rob Abraham]
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Female Underside
Photo © Rob Abraham
Orange-Tip - imago - Hosehill Lake - 29-Apr-06
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Orange tip Male Denham Quarry 08 04 2009
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Male Underside
Photo © sahikmet
Orange-Tip - imago - Thatcham - 04-May-08 (2)
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Orange Tip Female, Crawley, Sussex 9-May-06
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Female Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo

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