399x450 (~78Kb) Hisaronu limani, SW Turkey 18/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes | 598x400 (~58Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 598x400 (~44Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch |
598x400 (~34Kb) underside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 500x395 (~31Kb) Sweden, Gotland, Hejnum, 23.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen | 600x446 (~41Kb) underside FINLAND: Ka: Miehikkälä, 673:53-54, 30.6.1997, Photo © Markku Savela |
700x546 (~50Kb) FINLAND: Ka: Miehikkälä, 673:53-54, 30.6.1997, Photo © Markku Savela | 464x480 (~55Kb) upperside A bushy meadow on the second right bank terrace of the Koen River at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim DIstrict, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 23rd June 1990 (on Lychnis chalcedonicus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 437x581 (~99Kb) A glade in a mixed coniferous forest, the Stolby nature reservation, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1995 (A congregation on a Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) inflorescence), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
540x834 (~139Kb) The black-veined white (Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)) is no too abundant in Europe while in the southern West and Central Siberia it appears in mass quantities almost every year, to form giant congregations on the wet ground on sunny days. The Berd' River right bank at the village Legostaevo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, West Siberia, Russia. 13th of June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 780x500 (~126Kb) The Ik River right bank 1 km upstream of the village Novososedovo, the Salairskii Kryazh elevation, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 31st May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 476x650 (~52Kb) The Zyryanka Rivulet valley, the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, W. Siberia, Russia. 30th June April 1994 (Pseudocopulation - a usual behaviour of mature specimens which imitate mating without a real sexual intercourse), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
405x658 (~25Kb) larva The Bugotak River valley between the villages Samarskii and Karpysak, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 565x328 (~34Kb) larva Bird cherries on the banks of the Shadrikha Rivulet, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. May 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 428x500 (~36Kb) pupa The southern slope of the Shadrikha Rivulet valley, Novosibirsk Province, 7th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
410x640 (~22Kb) pupa The bird cherry thickets on the right bank floodland of the Koen River at at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th May 1997 (Pupae on the branches of Padus avium Miller), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1079x875 (~189Kb) ♀ underside Russia, West Siberia, Altai Republic, Shebalino District, the Katun' River left bank at Ust'-Sema village. 1st July 2005 (on Leucanthemum vulgare), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 565x816 (~124Kb) larva Russia, West Siberia, Altaiskii Krai Province, the Katun' River right bank between Chuiskii and Dolina Svobody villages. 7th May 2005 (A school of just overvintered caterpillars on their winter nest on Padus avium), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
884x654 (~125Kb) ♂ ♀ Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 16.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov | 658x559 (~94Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 15.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov | 583x636 (~91Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 15.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov |
1096x583 (~227Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 12.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 893x601 (~120Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Moscow area, 14.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 840x660 (~119Kb) ♂ underside Russia, Moscow area, 14.6.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov |
440x829 (~97Kb) pupa Russia, Moscow area, 29.5.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 893x390 (~77Kb) pupa Russia, Moscow area, 30.5.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 500x581 (~28Kb) FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 21.6.1996, Photo © Markku Savela |
Larva on (trees and bushes) Rosaceae , Malus domestica, Pyrus communis, Sorbus intermedia, S. hybrida, S. aucuparia, Crataegus monogyna, C. oxyacantha, Prunus spinosa, P. padus, Betula spp., Salix phylicifolia [SPRK], Prunus ssiori, Crataegus jozana, Chaenomeles lagenaria, Pyrus serotina, Malus micromalus [MRS]
600x435 (~43Kb) underside Morocco, Ifrane, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier |
Larva on Prunus insitia, Malus domestica, Pyrus communis, Crataegus monogyna, Crataegus laciniata [BMAT]
Larva on Berberis [BRU], Berberis amurensis, B. thunbergii [MRS]
392x400 (~35Kb) upperside A meadow in the lower valley of the Kora River about 10 km upstream of the Tekeli City (1300 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Taldy-Kurgan Province, Kazakhstan. 13th June 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Berberis lycium [BIR], Berberis [BRU]
Larva on Berberis sp. Yoshino, 2018, Butterfly Science 11: 9
Larva on Berberis nepalensis [BIR]
26.6.2023 (30)
If you have corrections, comments or
information to add into these pages, just send mail to
Markku Savela
Keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. Expert help is welcome.