Black-veined White
Aporia crataegi
The bold black veins on its white wings set the black-veined white apart from all other whites. Females in particular lose many scales over time, so that their wings look almost transparent; large numbers of butterflies are often seen together at puddles taking up minerals.
- Group
- Whites
- Photos
- 1
- Taken
- 2020
Profile: Black-veined White
- Family
- Whites and yellows (Pieridae)
- Wingspan
- approx. 50–80 mm
- Habitat
- Sunny, shrubby landscapes such as woodland edges, hedgerows, traditional orchards and open ground with thistles.
- Diet
- The caterpillars feed on members of the rose family, especially hawthorn, as well as blackthorn and other Prunus species, fruit trees and rowan; adults take nectar from thistles, lucerne, viper’s bugloss and red clover.
- When to see
- One generation; flight period roughly mid-April to July depending on region, in Central Europe mainly May to July; the young caterpillars overwinter together in a silken nest.
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