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title: "Resedawitje"
description: "Pontia daplidice — Insecten en spinnen. Pontia daplidice, the Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/bath-white
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Resedawitje

> Pontia daplidice — Insecten en spinnen. Pontia daplidice, the Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region.

- Scientific name: *Pontia daplidice*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9305
- Wikidata: [Q311653](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311653)
- iNaturalist taxon: [123810](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/123810)

## Names

- en: Bath White
- de: Westlicher Resedafalter
- es: Blanquiverdosa
- fr: Marbré-de-vert
- nl: Resedawitje
- pl: Rukiewnik zachodni

## Countries with the most observations

ES (4870), FR (1613), PT (854), IL (441), MA (178), DZ (103), IT (92), CY (80), PS (64), CV (16), TN (15), AD (12)

## Summary

Pontia daplidice, the Bath white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites, which occurs in the Palearctic region. It is common in central and southern Europe, migrating northwards every summer, often reaching southern Scandinavia and sometimes southern England.

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

## Photo

![Resedawitje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bath-white/medium.jpg)

Photo: Philip Precey · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249903412

## Machine access

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