David Element

Wildlife Photography

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____________ Butterflies 6 - Pieridae

                                    LARGE WHITE Pieris brassicae (f)

                                    SMALL WHITE  Artogeia rapae (f)

                           GREEN-VEINED WHITE Artogeia napi (f)

          ORANGE-TIPS Anthocharis cardamines britannica (m,f)

                                    CLOUDED YELLOW Colias crocea

                 BERGER’S CLOUDED YELLOW Colias alfacariensis

                                  BRIMSTONE Gonepteryx rhamni (m)

                                 WOOD WHITE Leptidea sinapsis (m)

• The Irish Wood White has recently been discovered to be Leptidea reali, (a European species) rather than the virtually identical Leptidea sinapsis. An interesting account of the current state of classification of Wood White butterflies (i.e. confused!) is given in David Corke's interesting article in 'British Wildlife' Vol. 13 No. 4 of April 2002. The insect shown above was photographed in Surrey so there is no dispute about its identification.

• Further photographs of Orange-Tips may be seen on Butterflies 15 and Butterflies 29

• Another photograph of a (French) Clouded Yellow appears on Butterflies 1.

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