One of the Whites, Pt. 2 - _TNY_4749
In the Swedish fauna, there are three quite similar white butterfly species (and another couple of species sort of looking likee them). They are possible to tell apart, but have similar names. It's not much better in English where they also have similar names - but also that they as so often with English vernacular names, have a smattering of different names for the same species. This one is called the large white (Pieris brassicae), but is also known as cabbage butterfly and cabbage white.
I found this one and a whole slew of its brethren fluttering around as a group at the Hemmesta sjöäng wetland at Värmdö in the inner archipelago of Stockholm, Sweden.
I have no idea what the pretty pink flower is called, but would be delighted if anyone recognises it.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51818683044/
One of the Whites, Pt. 2 - _TNY_4749
In the Swedish fauna, there are three quite similar white butterfly species (and another couple of species sort of looking likee them). They are possible to tell apart, but have similar names. It's not much better in English where they also have similar names - but also that they as so often with English vernacular names, have a smattering of different names for the same species. This one is called the large white (Pieris brassicae), but is also known as cabbage butterfly and cabbage white.
I found this one and a whole slew of its brethren fluttering around as a group at the Hemmesta sjöäng wetland at Värmdö in the inner archipelago of Stockholm, Sweden.
I have no idea what the pretty pink flower is called, but would be delighted if anyone recognises it.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51818683044/