White Butterfly, Pieridae, English, British, garden, , gardening, UK, allotments, ragwort, feeding, widespread, green veined white, Surrey, insect,
Description
I've had a bit of difficulty identifying this large white butterfly. I think it's a green veined white,although it's markings were more black than green.If anyone can help with identification please let me know.
Green-veined white; Pieris napi; butterfly; Pieridae; Mountfield; East Sussex; England; United Kingdom; woodland hedgerow; ventral view;
Description
The Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in meadows, hedgerows and woodland glades but not as often in gardens and parks like its close Eggs are laid singularly on a wide range of foodplants including Hedge mustard Sisybrium officinale Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata, Cuckooflower Cardamine pratense, Water-cress Rorippa nastutium-aquaticum, Charlock Sinapis arvensis, Large bitter-cress Cardamine amara, wild cabbage Brassica oleracea and wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum
The Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in meadows, hedgerows and woodland glades but not as often in gardens and parks like its close Eggs are laid singularly on a wide range of foodplants including Hedge mustard Sisybrium officinale Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata, Cuckooflower Cardamine pratense, Water-cress Rorippa nastutium-aquaticum, Charlock Sinapis arvensis, Large bitter-cress Cardamine amara, wild cabbage Brassica oleracea and wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum
The Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. It is found in meadows, hedgerows and woodland glades but not as often in gardens and parks like its close Eggs are laid singularly on a wide range of foodplants including Hedge mustard Sisybrium officinale Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata, Cuckooflower Cardamine pratense, Water-cress Rorippa nastutium-aquaticum, Charlock Sinapis arvensis, Large bitter-cress Cardamine amara, wild cabbage Brassica oleracea and wild Radish Raphanus raphanistrum