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Species Name: Green Veined White
Subspecies: britannica

Welcome to Dave McCormick's Moth and Butterfly World. Here is information the Green-veined White (Pieris napi) and subspecies britannica.  Hear Scientific Name Sound

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Information

The Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. This subspecies is found in Ireland. This subspecies is restricted to Ireland.

In Ireland, it was described as a subspecies in 1939 by Muller & Kautz. No specific location has been given for this subspecies.

There are usually two generations from late April to late August which peaks in late May and late July/early August.

In Northern Ireland this is the most commonest species of butterfly. It is only absent from thick woodland and densely built up areas, but found everywhere else, in all counties and this species is common on Rathlin Island.  Adults can be recorded from all months from March to October here and the brood peaks in April and early May and in late July and early August.

Similar Species

Dark Veined White/Mountain Green-Veined White (Pieris bryoniae), Small White (Pieris Rapae), Green-banded White (Pieris krueperi devta), West Virginia White (Pieris virginiensis), Indian Cabbage White (Pieris canidia), Mustard White (Pieris oleraca)

Known Aberrations

To Be Completed.

Adult Images

The difference between this species and the main species is that the upperside is ground colour and is often more heavily suffused with black scales. This is more noticeable in females.

The hindwing underside has more striking "green veins" and there is little difference between spring and summer generations.

In this subspecies there is a higher instance of cream tinged individuals.

Adult Images
Image/Page Link Date Taken  Taken By
Green-Veined White Female

Information  

Location: Mountstewart, Co Down, Northern Ireland.

I was in an area with lots of Green-Veined White. I had a problem of photographing them though. I took my camera and put it on my tripod and waited by a cuckoo flower that I knew the butterflies went to. There was not as many females as there was males. This one is a female, it has two spots while male only has one. This was taken with my Samsung Digimax L85 on 09/05/2007.

 		 09/05/2007 David McCormick
Green-Veined White Male

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Location: Mountstewart, Co Down, Northern Ireland.

I was in an area with lots of Green-Veined White. I had a problem of photographing them though. I took my camera and put it on my tripod and waited by a cuckoo flower that I knew the butterflies went to. I waited and got this photo, plus some others that came past. This one is a male. This was taken with my Samsung Digimax L85 on 22/04/2007.

 		 26/04/2007 David McCormick
Green-Veined White Male

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Location: Mountstewart, Co Down, Northern Ireland.

I went to this abandoned house I usually visit when its a nice day and came across a few Green-Veined Whites on bramble bushes nearby. I took this photo just after I figured out how to use the f/numbers on my camera. This one has one spot on each wing and so it is a male. This was taken with my Samsung Digimax L85 on 06/06/2007.

 		 06/06/2007 David McCormick

Mating Images

Adult Images
Image/Page Link Date Taken  Taken By
Green-Veined White Male

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Location: Mountstewart, Co Down, Northern Ireland.

I went to my great Aunts bog and saw these at the end of one field that had cows in it. This is a mating pair. I noticed that the Green-Veined Whites here looked more creamy yellow in appearance than other places I have visited. This was taken with my Canon 400D and Sigma 105mm Macro Lens on 19/07/2008.

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Location: Hogstown Bog, Hogstown Road, Co Down, Northern Ireland.

I went to my great Aunts bog and saw these at the end of one field that had cows in it. This is a mating pair. I noticed that the Green-Veined Whites here looked more creamy yellow in appearance than other places I have visited. This was taken with my Canon 400D and Sigma 105mm Macro Lens on 19/07/2008.

 19/07/2008 David McCormick

Caterpillar Images

The eggs are laid singularly on a wide range of foodplants including Hedge mustard, Garlic Mustard, Cuckooflower, Water-cress, Charlock, Large bitter-cress, wild cabbage and wild Radish and so it is rarely a pest in gardens.

The caterpillar is green and well camouflaged. It is often found feeding on the same plant as the Orange Tip but never competes for food because it only feeds on the leaves whereas the Orange Tip caterpillar feeds on the flowers and developing seed pods.

Pupae Images

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Subspecies Pages

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Aberrations

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Videos Pages

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-veined_White - Green-Veined White - Wikipedia 

British and Irish Butterflies - (c) 2007, Adrian M Riley

The Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland - (c) 2006, Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson

Page last edited: 08/11/2009 19:24

(c) David McCormick 2009