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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 all primary species found in the UK (click here to also see secondary species). The species are organised by the family to which they belong. If you can't find the butterfly you're after, then it may be a moth, in which case this page might help!

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 - male disturbing mating pair - Botany Bay, 8 May 2012
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Male
Photo © Colin Knight
Wood White - imago - Botany Bay - 16-Jul-09 (3)
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Male Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles
Wood White Female (in flight) - Botany Bay, Sussex 25-June-12 (013-3)
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Female
Photo © P.J.Underwood
Wood-White-Wicken Wood 14 June 2010 03C3462
Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Female Underside
Photo © IainLeach
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Male
Reals Wood White - imago - Rosslare, Wexford - Unknown date [Adrian Riley]
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Male Underside
Photo © Adrian Riley
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
Female
Reals Wood White - imago - Northern Ireland - Jun-04 [Mike Duffy]
Cryptic Wood White
Leptidea juvernica
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
Bergers Clouded Yellow pair - Karst, Slovenia May 2012
Berger's Clouded Yellow
Colias alfacariensis
Male
Photo © Simon2
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, male - Mill Hill, West Sussex - 12.9.2010 [Colin Knight] 7
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Male
Photo © Colin Knight
Clouded Yellow Male - Birling Gap, Sussex 1-Oct-09
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Clouded Yellow Female - Oreshari Meadows, nr Arda Valley, Bulgaria June 2012
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Female
Photo © Paul Wetton
Clouded Yellow, Amberley, 6 September, 2007
Clouded Yellow
Colias croceus
Female Underside
Photo © Sussex Kipper
DSC00064a-800 Brimstone, Liphook garden, 02/08/2008
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Male
Photo © Pauline
Brimstone male - Coulsdon, Surrey 12-Aug-2012
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Brimstone Female - Friston Gallops, Sussex 9-August-12
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Female
Photo © Colin Knight
Brimstone - imago - Holywells Park, Ipswich - May-06 [Matt Berry]
Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Female Underside
Photo © Matt Berry
Black-Veined White - imago - Gola del Infernaccio, Monti Sibillini, Italy - 16-Jun-08 (2)
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Male
Photo © Pete Eeles
Black Veined White - Spain - 21 June 2012
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Male Underside
Photo © Nigel Kiteley
Black-Veined White - imago - Monti Sibillini, Italy - 15-Jun-08 (1)
Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
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 - Caterham, Surrey 22-Sept-12
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Male
Photo © Vince Massimo
Large White - Martin Down - 8 Aug 2010
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Male Underside
Photo © Clive
Large White female - Dorset 6-Aug-2009
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Female
Photo © Zonda
Large White (female), Ebernoe (29 July 2011)
Large White
Pieris brassicae
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Small White (m) (spring brood) Stanwell Moor Middlesex 23rd May 2013
Small White
Pieris rapae
Male
Photo © millerd
Small White Male (Second Brood) - Ifield, Crawley, Sussex 3-Aug-10
Small White
Pieris rapae
Male Underside
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small White Female - Caterham, Surrey 22-Sept-12
Small White
Pieris rapae
Female
Photo © Vince Massimo
Small White - imago - f - ovipositing, Provence 26th April 2011
Small White
Pieris rapae
Female Underside
Photo © NickB
Green-Veined White - imago - Clayton, Staffordshire - 21-Apr-09 [John Wood]
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Male
Photo © John Wood
Green-veined White (male), Steyning (22 August 2011)
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Male Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Green-veined white female summer brood - Oversley Wood 21.07.2012
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Female
Photo © nfreem
Green-veined White (female), Steyning (22 August 2011)
Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Female Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Pontia daplicide male - Garajonay, La Gomera, Canary Islands 27-Jan-2009
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Male
Photo © JKT
Bath White (male), Campanet, Majorca (3 August 2012)
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Male Underside
Photo © Mark Colvin
Bath White, female, Cuidad Quesada, Spain 26th September 2010
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Female
Photo © Lee Hurrell
Bath White - imago - Midden Beemster, Noord Holland - Unknown date [Rob Abraham]
Bath White
Pontia daplidice
Female Underside
Photo © Rob Abraham
Orange Tip male on Blackthorn - Castle Hills, Solihull, West Midlands 13.04.2012
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Male
Photo © nfreem
orange-tip with scale detail - Cirencester, Glos. 15-4-2011
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Male Underside
Photo © jamesweightman
Orange-Tip - imago - Midgham Lakes - 14-Apr-09 (7)
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Female
Photo © Pete Eeles
Orange-Tip - imago - Aldermaston Gravel Pits - 11-Apr-12
Orange-tip
Anthocharis cardamines
Female Underside
Photo © Pete Eeles

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