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title: "Green-veined White"
description: "Pieris napi — Insects & spiders. The green-veined white (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-veined-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green-veined White

> Pieris napi — Insects & spiders. The green-veined white (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

- Scientific name: *Pieris napi*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 89526
- Wikidata: [Q683592](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q683592)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54087](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54087)

## Names

- en: Green-veined White
- de: Grünader-Weißling
- es: Blanca perfumada
- fr: Piéride du navet
- nl: Klein geaderd witje
- pl: Bielinek bytomkowiec

## Countries with the most observations

GB (17505), DE (12130), RU (8756), IT (5704), FR (5220), DK (3906), FI (3457), ES (2520), AT (2308), CZ (2211), NL (2150), PL (1927)

## Summary

The green-veined white (Pieris napi) is a butterfly of the family Pieridae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green-veined_white

## Photo

![Green-veined White](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-veined-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53747086

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-veined-white?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).