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White ID help please

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:06 pm
by derekg
I took this photo of a White butterfly yesterday at Bowdown Woods and it doesn't seem to match anything in my butterfly ID book

Thanks in advance

Derek

Re: White ID help please

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:12 pm
by andy brown
Hi, its a Green-veined White, had one myself the other day and had to take a double take on it

Cheers

Andy

Re: White ID help please

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 12:30 pm
by derekg
Cheers Andy

Never would have put it as a green-veined

Derek

Re: White ID help please

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 3:15 pm
by Neil Freeman
Yep, thats a female Green Veined white.
Can be a variable species but the summer generation females are usually more heavily marked on the uppersides than those that are around in the Spring.

Cheers,

Neil.

Re: White ID help please

Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:36 pm
by David M
Definitely a GV White, although that one's more heavily marked than usual.