Butterfly or moth
Small White
Pieris rapae · Pieridae · Lepidoptera
Best monthsJul–Sepmost records
Records3,684,305in 78 countries
Most seen inUnited Kingdom2,159,443 records
Red List–IUCN status
About
Small White in brief
The small white (Pieris rapae) is a butterfly or moth of the Pieridae family — species of butterfly.
Across the 78 countries we cover it has 3,684,305 published records, most of them from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in July, August and September and fall to their lowest in January and December.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
United Kingdom2,159,443 records · best Aug, Jul
Netherlands469,733 records · best Aug, Jul
Belgium216,207 records · best Aug, Jul
France188,200 records · best Jul, Jun
United States113,645 records · best Jul, Aug
Switzerland98,174 records · best Jul, Aug
Germany94,782 records · best Jul, Aug
Canada55,408 records · best Aug, Jul
Spain45,139 records · best Jun, May
Denmark44,267 records · best Jul, Aug
Sweden32,051 records · best Jul, Aug
Israel23,013 records · best Apr, May
Australia18,608 records · best Nov, Oct
Ireland18,531 records · best Aug, Jul
Austria15,427 records · best Jul, Aug
South Korea10,327 records · best Jun, May
Serbia9,773 records · best Jun, Jul
Luxembourg9,621 records · best Jul, Aug
Poland8,821 records · best Aug, Jul
Japan6,503 records · best Apr, May
Portugal6,052 records · best May, Jun
Norway5,932 records · best Aug, Jul
Italy4,560 records · best Jun, Jul
New Zealand3,304 records · best Mar, Feb
Taiwan3,114 records · best Apr, Mar
Russia3,058 records · best Aug, Jul
Hungary2,897 records · best Jun, Jul
Czechia2,257 records · best Aug, Sep
China1,846 records · best Jun, May
Ukraine1,736 records · best Aug, Jun
Estonia1,646 records · best Jul, Aug
Lithuania1,605 records · best Jul, Aug
Greece1,486 records · best May, Apr
Türkiye1,340 records · best Jun, Jul
Romania806 records · best Jul, Jun
Bulgaria675 records · best Jun, Jul
Morocco592 records · best Jun, May
Cyprus442 records · best Apr, May
Croatia409 records · best Aug, Jul
Slovenia271 records · best Jul, Aug
Andorra236 records · best Jan, Jul
Malta202 records · best May, Apr
Liechtenstein189 records · best Jul, Jun
Algeria177 records · best May, Jun
North Macedonia162 records · best Jul, Jun
Slovakia158 records · best Aug, Jul
Belarus155 records · best Jul, Aug
Georgia123 records · best Jul, Sep
Kazakhstan94 records · best Jun, May
Tunisia93 records · best May, Mar
Vietnam93 records · best Mar, Feb
Palestine85 records · best Apr, Mar
Iran75 records · best May, Apr
Kyrgyzstan69 records · best Jul, Jun
Albania67 records · best Jul, May
Iraq66 records · best Jun, May
Uzbekistan65 records · best May, Jun
Armenia52 records · best Apr, Sep
Tajikistan52 records · best Sep, May
Mongolia41 records · best Jul, Aug
Afghanistan38 records · best May, Jun
Latvia37 records · best Jul, Sep
Montenegro33 records · best Jul, Jun
Kosovo33 records · best Nov, Aug
Azerbaijan33 records · best May, Jun
Moldova30 records · best Jun, Aug
Bosnia and Herzegovina28 records · best Jun, Jul
Syria24 records · best Mar, May
Egypt17 records · best Feb, Mar
Lebanon17 records · best Apr, Jun
Turkmenistan17 records · best May, Apr
North Korea16 records · best Jul, Aug
Jordan9 records · best Mar, Oct
Iceland7 records · best Jan, Feb
San Marino7 records · best Jun, Jul
Vatican City2 records · best Mar, Sep
Monaco1 records · best Oct, Jan
Kuwait1 records · best Jan, Feb
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.
Relatives
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