Hertfordshire and Middlesex Branch of Butterfly Conservation

The Pieridae family
(Whites and yellows)

All the pictures of British whites and yellows shown on the Sightings page

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Wood White (leptidea morsei)

Brimstone (gonepteryx rhamni)

Clouded Yellow (colias croceus)

Large White (pieris brassicae)

Small White (pieris rapae)

Green-veined White (pieris napi)

Orange Tip (anthocaris cardamines)

Photo House Index

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Wood White	leptidea morsei	Once resident - now extinct

Oxfordshire © photo: Darin Stanley	Northamptonshire © photo: Bob Clift

Botany Bay © photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Sandra Standbridge	© photo: Clive Burrows

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)

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Brimstone	gonepteryx rhamni	Resident

	Brimstone larva on Buckthorn © photo: Lee Browne

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Coppetts Wood, Friern Barnet © photo: Brian Price

female Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Dave Mackenzie	River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walk © photo: Dave Miller

male Amwell Gravel Pits © photo: Helen Bantock	male Harpenden © photo: Robin Pearson	egg-laying female on recently planted Buckthorn Ravenscourt Park LNR © photo: Paul Clay

male Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Sharpenhoe Clappers © photo: Trevor Chapman	© photo: Nick Sampford

© photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Andrew Wood

© photo: Trevor Chapman	Pegsdon Hills © photo: Sandra Standbridge	© photo: Steven Penn

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Nick Sampford

Male © photo: Clive Burrows	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Allan Beechey

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Clouded Yellow	colias crocea	Occasional migrant

	Ware Park Quarry © photo: Andrew Wood

Sawbridgeworth Marsh 2007 © photo: Steve Hawkins	Waterford Heath © photo: Darin Stanley	Waterford Heath © photo: Darin Stanley

Bunkers Lane © photo: Clive Burrows	Rothamsted © photo: Richard Harrington	Helice form Hertfordshire © photo: Andrew Middleton

Helice form Brimsdown © photo: Andrew Middleton	© photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Hordle Cliff, Hampshire © photo: John Stevens	Cornwell © photo: Nick Sampford	Middlesex 13th October 2003 © photo: Andrew Middleton

Sharpenhoe Clappers 2002 © photo: Keith Balmer courtesy Beds & Northants Branch	Pegsdon Hills © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Bunkers Park © photo: Jez Perkins

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Large White	pieris brassicae	Resident

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Chrysalis © photo: Andrew Middleton

© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Clive Burrows	Dorset © photo: John Stevens

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Small White	pieris rapae	Resident

Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet	March 2007 Ware © photo: Andrew Wood	Park Wood, Ruislip © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Bengeo Andrew Wood	© photo: Archie Lang	© photo: Clive Burrows

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Green-veined White	pieris napi	Resident

River Colne to Jnct 4 M25 walkoor © photo: Dave Miller

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Symondshyde Wood © photo: Darin Stanley	© photo: Val Fullforth	Stockers Lake © photo: Sezar Hikmet

Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	© photo: Steve Chilton	Mating pair Hemel Hempstead © photo: David Newland

Mating pair Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane	Marshalls Heath © photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne

Frogmore © photo: Trevor Chapman	Stevenage © photo: Lee Browne	Mating pair Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood

Species Name	Scientific Name	Branch Status
Orange Tip	anthocaris cardamines	Resident

egg Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Orange Tip larvae found on Garlic Mustard Ware © photo: Liz Goodyear	Orange Tip pupa found on Garlic Mustard Ware © photo: Liz Goodyear

Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	Kings Langley © photo: Elizabeth Debenham	Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet

male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

female Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	female Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet	male Denham Quarry © photo: Sezar Hikmet

female Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	male Harmondsworth Moor © photo: Dave Miller	male Orange Tip believed to be an aberration antiquincunx showing a reduced dot on the forewing? Ickenham © photo: Sezar Hikmet

male Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	male Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows	female Abbots Langley © photo: Clive Burrows

	Maple Cross © photo: Sezar Hikmet	mating Wareside © photo: Phil MacMurdie

Male Orange Tip Fir & Pond Wood © photo: David Gompertz	Female Orange Tip Fishers Green © photo: Sandra Standbridge	Male Orange Tip Stevenage © photo: Steve Lane

Hertford © photo: Richard Bigg	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Andrew Wood

Mating pair © photo: Michael Goodyear	© photo: Nick Sampford	© photo: Clive Burrows

Barnet © photo: Rachel Terry	Waterford Heath © photo: Steve Lane	Picketts Lock © photo: Andrew Middleton

© photo: Nick Sampford	female Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood	female Balls Wood © photo: Andrew Wood

female Hertford© photo: Richard Bigg	male Wheathampstead LNR © photo: Trevor Chapman	female Langley © photo: Steven Penn

	Aldbury Nowers © photo: Colin Sturges


	Wood White (leptidea morsei)
	Brimstone (gonepteryx rhamni)
	Clouded Yellow (colias croceus)
	Large White (pieris brassicae)
	Small White (pieris rapae)
	Green-veined White (pieris napi)
	Orange Tip (anthocaris cardamines)
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