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Wood White

Leptidea sinapis

11,917Records since 2000
JunePeak month
20Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr129
May3,258
Jun4,218
Jul2,455
Aug1,654
Sep37
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Herefordshire, County of England3,525
2Surrey England1,692
3Worcestershire England1,263
4Devon England533
5Northamptonshire England477
6Dorset England330
7Somerset England243
8Gloucestershire England72
9Lincolnshire England44
10Milton Keynes England25
11Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland13
12Cumbria England11
13Torbay England3
14Oxfordshire England2
15Monmouthshire Wales2
11,876 England7 Wales17 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 20 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
11,917
Peak month
June
Counties with records
20
Scientific name
Leptidea sinapis
Group
Butterflies and moths
NBN Atlas records since 2000
11,777
Conservation designations
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), UK BAP priority species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Pieridae
Genus
Leptidea
Name with authority
Leptidea sinapis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
14

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1109901 · GBIF 5137903