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White cabbage butterfly feeding on lavender flower

Pieris rapae, the Cabbage White Butterfly, resting on a small flower.

Large cabbage white on a lavender flower. White butterfly collects nectar. Insect close-up. Pieris brassicae.

A small yellow butterfly with black dots sits on the flowers of wild thyme. The sun shines in the background. There is space for text.

White butterfly on pink coloured flower. Large White, Pieris brassicae

Summer day: single Pieris white butterfly on top of an Agastache plant.

Great White angel butterfly, Pieris brassicae feeding on the plant

Großer Kohlweißling / Large White / Pieris brassicae

Butterfly is on purple flower.

Macrophotography of a Cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae).

Butterfly on flower

Butterfly Pieris rapae family Pieridae of pierids sitting on a flower, abstract art image, close-up, macro

Pieris rapae is a very common resident in the Netherlands, in fact, the most common resident butterfly species. It occurs in a variety of open and half-open habitats. Various Brassicaceae are used as larval food plant. The species usually has three generations from mid-April until mid-September, the second and third overlapping. It hibernates as a pupa.Small Whites distribution has probably been stable since the beginning of the 20th century, but large swarms of migrating butterflies have not been seen in recent years.The Dutch Monitoring Scheme indicates a moderate decline since 1992.Distribution: Throughout Europe, except the North of Scandinavia.This is a common Species in the Netherlands.

The butterfly cabbage rests on lavender flowers

Summer day: side view of a single Pieris rapae hanging on a white hortensia flower head, whith folded wings.

two white painted butterflies fly over purple flowers in a summer sunny meadow

White Cabbage Butterfly in Northern California.

Small White (Pieris rapae) butterfly on yellow red Common Lantana (Lantana camara) in Arrecife, Lanzarote

Tiny white butterfly on a Chamomile flower head

a yellow butterfly sitting on a Pasqueflower.

Great White angel butterfly, Pieris brassicae feeding on the plant

Pieris rapae Small White Butterfly Insect. Digitally Enhanced Photograph.

kleiner Kohlweißling resting

$Pieris Rapae Cabbage White Butterfly Ilfracombe$

Green-veined white Butterfly - Pieris napi - resting on the red bistort or mountain fleece - Bistorta amplexicaulis

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.The 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.Distribution: Throughout Europe.This is a common Species in the Netherlands.

White butterfly on a purple flower in botanic garden of Geneva

A close-up image of the English lavender plant (Lavandula angustifolia) in with a Large White, or Cabbage White, butterfly on one of the purple blooms. The flowering plant is a member of the Lamiaceae family.

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