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This is a common butterfly of damp grassland and woodland rides and is often mistaken for its cousin, the Small White. It can be found from spring through to autumn in parks and gardens, as well as less-urban areas such as meadows and woodland rideshis is one of the most widespread species found in the British Isles and can be found almost everywhere although it is absent from Shetland and areas of the Scottish Highlands.

Closeup on a green-veined white, Pieris napi sitting with closed wings on a leaf in the garden

Butterfly perched on stinging nettle.White wings, green body.Macro shot background depth of field green.Sunny spring mood

A cabbage pierid butterfly forages a globe amaranth flower in summer.

Green-veined white Butterfly - Pieris napi - resting on common yarrow, yarrow, old man's pepper, devil's nettle, sanguinary, milfoil, soldier's woundwort - Achillea millefolium

$Green-veined white is a very common resident in the Netherlands. The species prefers more natural habitats than the other Whites. It mainly occurs in relative humid habitats, such as woodland edges, woodland clearings and grasslands, but also found at he edge of heathland and in gardens and parks. Cardamine pratensis and Alliaria petiola are mostly used as larval foodplants.\nThe species flies in three generations and hibernates as a pupa. Due to prolonged emergence from the pupa, the different generations overlap and butterflies can be seen almost continuously from the end of April until the beginning of September.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands.$

Beautiful cabbage white butterfly on green leaf with blurred background, selective focus

Green veined white butterfly on a lavender flower

Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi( on flowering stinging nettle (Urtica dioica); a shadow of the typical saw-toothed nettle leaf falls over a wing

Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) flowers in Winter, home to insects.

Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) on oregano flower.

Bluebottle butterfly on tansy,Eifel,Germany.

Close shot of an Apollo or mountain Apollo (Parnassius apollo) butterfly resting on a field scabious.

Macrophotography of a flower of gaura lindheimeri ' Whirling butterflies ', a beautiful perennial plant .

$Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi) adult feeding on thistle\n\nLondon, UK. July$

A delicate white butterfly perched on a green plant with purple flowers in the background.

$Gaura Lindheimeri \$

Beautiful white butterfly on wild flower

$Melanargia galathea has a wingspan of 46–56 millimetres In these medium-sized butterflies the upper side of the wings is decorated with white and gray-black or dark brown markings, but it is always gray-black or dark brown checkered in the basal and distal areas. The underside is similar to the upper side but the drawings is light gray or light brown. On the underside of the hindwings is present a row of gray eye spots. The males and the females are quite similar, except that some females may have a yellowish nuance on the underside of the wings.\nLife cycle:\nLike other members of its subfamily, the larvae feed on various grasses. These include Phleum (P. pratense), Poa (P. annua, P. trivalis), Festuca rubra, Bromus erectus, Dactylis, Brachypodium pinnatum, Agrostis capillaris, Elytrigia, Holcus, Dactylis, Triticum and Agropyron species . \nEggs are laid on the wing, or from brief perches on grass stems, and are just sprinkled among the grass stems. Upon hatching, the larvae immediately enter hibernation and only feed the following spring when the fresh growth occurs. They are a lime-green colour, with a dark green line running down the middle of their back. Pupation takes place at ground level in a loose cocoon. Adults can be found from early June to early September. On a good site, in warm, sunny weather, thousands can be seen gently fluttering amongst the grass heads.\nHabitat:\nIt is found in forest clearings and edges, meadows and steppe where it occurs up to 1,500-1,700 m above sea level. They are a common sight in unimproved grasslands across Europe.\n\nDistribution:\nThis species can be found across most of Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. There is an isolated population in Japan. It is not found in Ireland, North Britain, Scandinavia (except Denmark) and Portugal or Spain. The late twentieth century saw an expansion of its range in the UK (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a Long Weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2019.$

macro butterfly resting on flower, butterfly sucking nectar in a flower, moth resting on green grass, butterfly in the foreground

An Orange-tip Butterfly resting on foliage

A beautiful yellow-orange butterfly clings to a flower to feed on pollen this morning in the garden.

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