#2952 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Eastern Bath White
🇳🇱 Oostelijk resedawitje ·Pontia edusa
📍 Armenia
📍 Haidian, Beijing, China
📍 Kreivukė, Kalvarijos sav., Lietuva
📍 Mamavys, 21169 Trakai District Municipality, Lithuania
📍 Simmering, Wien, Österreich
📍 Via Moneta, 36100 Vicenza VI, Italien
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Cheongweei Gan · CC BY 4.0
- 2. © Jürgen Mangelsdorf · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © Rovanto · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 4. © Heiner Ziegler · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Armenia:© Ani Sarkisyan · CC BY 4.0
- 6. Haidian, Beijing, China:© John-James · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Kreivukė, Kalvarijos sav., Lietuva:© Irmantas Šalaševičius · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Mamavys, 21169 Trakai District Municipality, Lithuania:© Ieva Vitėnienė · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Simmering, Wien, Österreich:© Petra Urbanek · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Via Moneta, 36100 Vicenza VI, Italien:© winu · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Pontia edusa , the eastern Bath white , is a butterfly in the family Pieridae.
base stats
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 11,445 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1777 (249 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eastern Bath White
- Nederlands
- Oostelijk resedawitje
- scientific name
- Pontia edusa
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Pieridae
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 7,954
- sightings worldwide
- 11,445
- GBIF records in NL
- 566
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1777 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Pieridae
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Pieris napi
👀 2.2k in NL
#2393 📷 9Small White
🇳🇱 Klein koolwitje
Pieris rapae
👀 1.9k in NL
#2398 📷 10Common Brimstone
🇳🇱 Citroenvlinder
Gonepteryx rhamni
👀 1.5k in NL
#2405 📷 10Large White
🇳🇱 Groot koolwitje
Pieris brassicae
👀 1k in NL
#2425 📷 8orange-tip
🇳🇱 Oranjetipje
Anthocharis cardamines
👀 595 in NL
#2459 📷 10Southern Small White
🇳🇱 Scheefbloemwitje
Pieris mannii
👀 373 in NL
#2540 📷 10Clouded Yellow
🇳🇱 Oranje luzernevlinder
Colias crocea
👀 168 in NL
#2768 📷 10Pale Clouded Yellow
🇳🇱 Gele luzernevlinder
Colias hyale
👀 50 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 127103, Wikidata Q1302477, GBIF 1920259, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.