#2390 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Green-veined White

🇳🇱 Klein geaderd witje ·Pieris napi

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © James Senn · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © joaoferreira · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © qflieger · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kai Löhr · CC BY 4.0
5. © Ryzhkov Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kristof & Yulia · CC BY 4.0
7. Noordoostelijk van Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Nederland:© Annika Tiane Vermaat · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 9755 TM Onnen, Nederland:© Jeroen van der Brugge · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 9466 Gasteren, Nederland:© Gerben ter Haar · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Leidschendam, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The green-veined white ( Pieris napi ) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

base stats

NL sightings 2,165iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 90,305iNaturalist 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

Spotted 2,165 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #6 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
90,305 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).