A medium sized white butterfly with broken black tips to the forewing upperside, and a marbled green hindwing underside. They have yellow-green eyes, a characteristic of the genius. The white spots in the black tip of the forewing distinguish it from female Anthocharis cardamines. The round white spots on the hindwing underside distinguish it from Pontia edusa, where the white marks are irregularly shaped. Also the black discoidal spot is a thin black bar, and not as large as in P. edusa. The female is similar to the male, but with a slight yellowish cast. It has two overlapping broods a year, flying over hot open ground.
This species occupies very similar habitats to the Orange Tip and perhaps this is for many of the same reasons.
Burnt Candytuft Aethionema saxatile subsp. graecum, Aurinia saxatilis, Buckler Mustard Biscutella didyma (yellow flowers), Mustard Brassica cretica, Turnip or Field Mustard Brassica rapa (cultivated & naturalised), Southern Warty Cabbage Bunias erucago, White Mustard Sinapis alba (yellow flowers), Charlock Sinapis arvensis.
In Corfu, Anne Sordinas has observed oviposition on Field Mustard Brassica rapa.
A common butterfly in the early spring and on the wing its strong and faster, purposeful flight distinguishes it from the female of A.cardamines.
*The information provided in the tables below is based on verified sightings of the Eastern Dappled White submitted via this website since 1st January 2021.
Year | First | Last/latest | # Days |
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2023 | 17/02/2023 | 12/06/2023 | 115 days |
2022 | 24/02/2022 | 25/05/2022 | 90 days |
2021 | 25/02/2021 | 05/06/2021 | 100 days |
Year | Number of observations |
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2023 | 121 |
2022 | 126 |
2021 | 101 |
Grand Total | 348 |
The chart below shows flight data by month for 2023
The chart below shows flight data by month since 1st January 2021
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