#2984 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Black-veined White

🇳🇱 Groot geaderd witje ·Aporia crataegi

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Aah-Yeah · CC BY 4.0
3. © qflieger · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © praposo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Felix Neff · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © lindernia-w · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Заринский р-н, Алтайский край, Россия:© Богинский Евгений Иванович · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Zarinskiy rayon, RU-AL, RU:© Lola Smirnova · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Pétange, Luxembourg:© Francis Birlenbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Stockbridge Down, Hampshire, England:© James Bailey · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Aporia crataegi , the black-veined white , is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 22,630iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
22,630 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).