Pieridae - Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation

The Pieridae family (Whites and Yellows)


Wood White
Leptidea sinapis
Once resident - now extinct
Wood White 2006 - Sandra Standbridge
Male

© Sandra Standbridge 2006

Wood White 2007 - Darin Stanley
Female
Oxfordshire
© Darin Stanley

Wood White 2010 - Dave Miller
Pairing
Surrey
© Dave Miller 2010

Only a single breeding colony of the Wood White has ever been known for Hertfordshire which remained until the 1970s when it was decimated by a single collector (Sawford, 1987)


Orange-tip
Anthocaris cardamines
Widespread & common
Orange Tip 2019 - Miles Attenborough
Male
Coppets Wood
© Miles Attenborough 12 May 2019

Orange Tip 2010 - Dave Miller
Female
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 2010

Orange Tip 2002 - Nick Sampford
Underside

© Nick Sampford 2003

Orange Tip 2008 - Phil MacMurdie
Mating pair
Wareside
© Phil MacMurdie 2008

Orange Tip 2009 - Sezar Hikmet
ab. antiquincunx - reduced discoidal spot
Ickenham
© Sezar Hikmet 2009

Orange Tip eggs 2017 - Bob Clift
Newly laid eggs on Garlic Mustard
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 16 May 2017

Orange Tip eggs 2016 - Bob Clift
Eggs on Garlic Mustard
Bishop's Stortford garden
© Bob Clift 14 May 2016

Orange Tip larvae 2010 - Dave Miller
1st instar larvae
Harmondsworth Moor
© Dave Miller 2010

Orange Tip larva 2005 - Liz Goodyear
4th/5th instar larva
Ware
© Liz Goodyear 2005

Orange Tip larva pupating - Bob Clift 2016
Larva pupating
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 25 Jun 2016

Orange Tip pupa - Bob Clift 2016
Pupa - green form
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 26 Jun 2016

Orange Tip pupa - Bob Clift 2015
Pupa - brown form
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 16 Apr 2015


Large White
Pieris brassicae
Widespread & common
Large White (m) 2016 - Dave Miller
Male
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 9 May 2016

Large White (f) 24Aug19 - Dave Miller
Female
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 24 Aug 2019

Large White 2017 - Bob Clift
Male underside
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 21 May 2017

Large White 21Aug19 - Dave Miller
Female Underside
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 21 Aug 2019

Large White pair 2018 - Dave Miller
Mating pair
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 22 Apr 2018

Large White eggs 2018 - Peter Clarke
Eggs on nasturtium
Stevenage garden
© Peter Clarke 10 Sep 2018

Large White larvae 2018 - Peter Clarke
1st instar larvae on nasturtium
Stevenage garden
© Peter Clarke 17 Sep 2018

Large White larva 2015 - Dave Miller
4th instar larva on nasturtium
Yorkshire garden
© Dave Miller 25 Aug 2015

Large White pupa 2014 - Dave Miller
Pupa
Yorkshire garden
© Dave Miller 25 Aug 2014


Small White
Pieris rapae
Widespread & common
Small White 2017 - Bob Clift
Male
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 1 Jul 2017

Small White 2018 - Dave Miller
Female
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 23 May 2018

Small White 2004 - Clive Burrows
Female underside

© Clive Burrows 2004

Small Whites 2016 - Peter Clarke
Mating pair
Stevenage Leisure Park
© Peter Clarke 13 Apr 2016


Green-veined White
Pieris napi
Widespread & common
Green-veined White 2019 - Bob Clift
Male - spring brood
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 17 Apr 2019

Green-veined White 2017 - Dave Miller
Male - summer brood
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 17 Aug 2017

Green-veined White 2016 - Dave Miller
Female - spring brood
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 9 May 2016

Green-veined White 2016 - Dave Miller
Female - summer brood
Near Heathrow
© Dave Miller 25 Aug 2016

Green-veined White 2019 - Miles Attenborough
Underside
Coppets Wood
© Miles Attenborough 21 Apr 2019

Green-veined White mating pair 2005 - Steve Lane
Mating pair
Stevenage
© Steve Lane 2005

Whites 2010 - David Gompertz
Mud puddling whites by the pond
Fir and Pond Wood
© David Gompertz 2010

Green-veined White egg 2010 - Dave Miller
Egg
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 2010


Clouded Yellow
Colias crocea
Less common migrant
Clouded Yellow 2006 - Trevor Chapman
Male

© Trevor Chapman 2006

Clouded Yellow 22Sep19 - Dave Miller
Female
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 22 Sep 2019

Clouded Yellow helice 2006 - Andrew Middleton
Female helice form
Hertfordshire
© Andrew Middleton 2006

Clouded Yellow 2013 - Bob Clift
Open-winged shot
Thorley Wash
© Bob Clift 9 Aug 2013


Brimstone
Gonepteryx rhamni
Widespread
Brimstone 2019 - Clive Burrows
Male
Abbots Langley
© Clive Burrows 27 Feb 2019

Brimstone 23Jul19 - Dave Miller
Female (summer brood)
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 23 Jul 2019

Brimstone 2019 - Roger Millard
Female egg-laying
Letchworth
© Roger Millard 17 Apr 2019

Brimstone in flight 24Mar19- Dave Miller
In flight
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 24 Mar 2019

Brimstone in ivy 29Mar19 - Dave Miller
In ivy
Stanwell Moor
© Dave Miller 29 Mar 2019

Brimstone 2017 - Bob Clift
Aberration - extra spot on hindwing
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 6 Apr 2017

Brimstone eggs 2017 - Peter Clarke
Eggs on buckthorn
Stevenage
© Peter Clarke 7 May 2016

Brimstone larva 2017 - Peter Clarke
Larva 1st instar
Stevenage
© Peter Clarke 12 May 2016

Brimstone larva 2017 - Bob Clift
Larva final instar
Bishop's Stortford
© Bob Clift 13 Jun 2017