White Butterfly and Moth sp. (1 Viewer)

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Louis_P

Average Birder

• Jul 6, 2019

• #1

Is anyone able to help with IDs in my blog post - https://burebirds.blogspot.com/2019/07/even-more-butterflies-and-dragonflies.html. There is an unidentified moth and a white butterfly which I have labelled as a Large White. I wrongly assumed all white butterflies were Large White until I found out there were four common species of white butterfly in the UK whilst browsing the web today.

Thanks for any help,
Louis

 

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James Lowther

Well-known member

• Jul 6, 2019

• #2

Butterfly is green-veined white
Cheers
James

 

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Louis_P

Average Birder

• Jul 6, 2019

• #3

Thanks for the help.

 

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Jabberwocky

Well-known member

• Jul 6, 2019

• #4

Moth is a Silver Y.
Lewis

 

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aeshna5

Well-known member

• Jul 7, 2019

• #5

Louis_P said:

Is anyone able to help with IDs in my blog post - https://burebirds.blogspot.com/2019/07/even-more-butterflies-and-dragonflies.html. There is an unidentified moth and a white butterfly which I have labelled as a Large White. I wrongly assumed all white butterflies were Large White until I found out there were four common species of white butterfly in the UK whilst browsing the web today.

Thanks for any help,
Louis

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4 common species of white? I would say 3- Large, Small + Green-veined. Wood White is very local if that's your 4th?

Also in the white family Orange Tip (guess female could be a little confusing if seen in flight) + Brimstone but not confusable + Clouded Yellow as a regular migrant.

 

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Louis_P

Average Birder

• Jul 7, 2019

• #6

Thanks for the ID on the moth Lewis. As it turns out, I've seen one before which is one of only 10 or so moths I have ID'ed before.

On the website I looked at, Orange Tip was counted as one of the 4. I would hope they are easy to separate given their name. Clouded Yellow I've probably seen but that's another story.

Thanks,
Louis