Male Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi)

Male Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi)

Description

Title:
Male Green-veined White butterfly (Pieris napi)
Caption / Description:

The Green-veined White (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the Pieridae family.

A circumboreal species widespread across Europe and Asia, including the Indian subcontinent, Japan and the Maghreb and North America. (Many authors consider the Mustard White of North America to be conspecific with napi or consider napi to be a superspecies). It is found in meadows, hedgerows and woodland glades but not as often in gardens and parks like its close relatives the Large and Small Whites, for which it is often mistaken. Like other "white" butterflies, the sexes differ. The female has two spots on each forewing, the male only one. The veins on wings of the female are usually more heavily marked. The underside hindwings are pale yellow with the veins highlighted by black scales giving a greenish tint, hence Green-veined White. Unlike these two butterflies it rarely chooses garden cabbages to lay its eggs on, preferring wild crucifers.

Description from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-veined_White

Tags / Keywords:
  • Biota
  • Life
  • Vitae
  • Eukaryota
  • Animalia
  • Animals
  • Arthropoda
  • Arthropods
  • Insecta
  • Insects
  • Lepidoptera
  • Butterflies
  • Pieridae
  • Sulphurs & Whites
  • Pieris
  • Pieris napi
  • Green-veined White
  • Male
  • Daffodil

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Original File Name:
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4272px x 2848px
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JPEG
Color Mode:
RGB
Original Image Color Profile:
Adobe RGB (1998)

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City:
Market Harborough
Province/State:
Leicestershire
Country:
United Kingdom
World Region:
Europe
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Copyright Notice:
© 2010 Dave Kennard

Camera Data

Date Digital Resource was created:
Shutter speed:
1200 s
Aperture:
f/8
Camera Model:
Canon EOS 450D
ISO:
100
Exposure Compensation:
0
Focal Length:
100mm
Focal Length (35mm equiv.):
Metering Mode:
Multi-segment
Flash:
On, Fired
Exposure Mode:
Manual
White Balance:
Manual
Light Source:
Exposure Program:
Manual

Additional shooting metadata

Lens:
Canon EF 100mm F2.8 Macro USM
Filters used:
Additional Optics used:
Setup:
Handheld
Canon MT-24EX Macro Twin flash with home-made diffusers

Post Processing

Image Modified:
Software used:
  • Adobe Camera RAW
Post Processing:

Bit of plant removed from right side of image in ACR