Suborder:Glossata Infraorder:Heteroneura Superfamily:Papilionoidea
Refs: Wikipedia; BBI (Easterbrook); CBG (Tolman & Lewington); RES Checklist (Agassiz et al); UKButterflies
Forewing radial vein with 3 or 4 branches and rarely with 5 branches. The forelegs are well developed in both sexes; Tarsal claws are bifid
Refs: Wikipedia; BBI (Easterbrook); CBG (Tolman & Lewington); RES Checklist (Agassiz et al); UKButterflies
Forewing radial vein with 3 or 4 branches and rarely with 5 branches. The forelegs are well developed in both sexes; Tarsal claws are bifid
Subfamily: Dysmorphiinae (1G 1S)
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Leptidea
001 Leptidea sinapis (Wood White)
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002 Leptidea juvernica (Cryptic Wood White) IRELAND ONLY |
Subfamily: Pierinae (2T 4G 6S)
Tribe: Anthocharini
Tribe: Anthocharini
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Anthocharis
003 Anthocharis cardamines (Orange-tip)
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Euchloe
004 Euchloe simplonia (Dappled White) 2 taken together with a Pontia daplidice (Bath White), Dover 1887 seems doubtful. 2 taken together in Warwick 1887 - an unlikely site for a genuine migrant None since. |
Tribe: Pierini
Pieris (3S)
Pieris (3S)
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006 Pieris brassicae (Large White)
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007 Pieris rapae (Small White)
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008 Pieris napi (Green-veined White)
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Aporia
005 Aporia crataegi (Black-veined White) EXTINCT |
Pontia
009 Pontia daplidice (Bath White) Rare migrant. There have been large irruptions eg 700 in 1945, but only 20 records since 1952. |
Subfamily: Coliadinae (2T 2G 5S)
Colias (3S)
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010 Colias croceus (Clouded Yellow)
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011 Colias hyale (Pale Clouded Yellow)
Rare migrant Very similar to C.croceus form hyale and cannot be distinguished from C.alfacariensis without genital dissection. |
012 Colias alfacariensis (Berger's Clouded Yellow)
Rare migrant Very similar to C.croceus form hyale and cannot be distinguished from C.hyale without genital dissection. |
Gonepteryx (2S)
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013 Gonepteryx rhamni (Brimstone)
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014 Gonepteryx cleopatra (Cleopatra)
Non-migratory species with less than 10 British records, possibly ship-assisted. |
