Pieris napi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Green-veined White Butterfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
GenusPieris (Zoo.) (whites)
TribePierini (white butterflies)
SubfamilyPIERINAE (orange-tip and white butterflies)
FamilyPIERIDAE (white butterflies, brimstones, and orange-tips)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly) :
1: Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: At restImage 2: At rest (2)Image 3: Antennae - anterior view - enlargedImage 4: Head and antennae - dorsal view - enlargedImage 5: Head - anterior view - enlarged
2: Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
13 Aug 2009 OSGR: SX37 50° 30’ N, 4° 20’ W Vice County: East Cornwall (VC 2) England
feeding on Knapweed
Image 1: Wings up showing undersideImage 2: Wings up showing underside (2)Image 3: Wings up showing underside (3)
3: Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
2 Aug 2003 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at Buddleia flowers
Image 1: Underside
4: Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
19 Aug 2001 OSGR: SU78 51° 40’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Female, in Malaise Trap run from 19 Aug to 2 Sept 2001
Image 1: Bursa copulatrix - magnifiedImage 2: Female genitalia - magnifiedImage 3: Female genitalia - magnified (2)Image 4: Signa - magnified
5: Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
24 May 1974 OSGR: SE33 53° 50’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Mid-west Yorks (VC 64) England
on Bluebell
Image 1: Head, thorax, antennae - close-up - enlarged
6: Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
2 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Mating pair, on Daisies
Image 1: Mating pair - on daisiesImage 2: Mating pair - on daisies (2)

Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 2 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Pieris napi (Green-veined White Butterfly)
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