(Linnaeus, 1758)
Black-veined White
Description:
The Black-veined White can be found on many different sorts of vegetation in a variety of landscapes, but seems to prefer habitats in the neighbourhood of woods or scrub. It is, however, quite a mobile butterfly, that can be encountered everywhere. They can often be seen drinking on such nectar plants as thistles.
The eggs are laid in large clusters of often sixty or more, on the leaves of trees and bushes of the rose family (Rosaceae), such as hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), Cherry (Prunus spp.), Apple (Malus spp.), also in orchards. The caterpillars spend their time in a communal silken nest until they pupate, the nest in which they hibernate being more substantial. When they are ready to pupate, they disperse over the food plant, the yellow chrysalis with black spots, suspended in a silken girdle.
The Black-veined White has one brood a year.
Habitat:
Tree lines and hedges
Mixed woodland
Deciduous forests
Similar species:
Parnassius mnemosyne