Butterflies: Small White

The small white (Pieris rapae), klein koolwitje in Dutch, is widespread and found across Europe, North Africa, and Asia. It makes do without exotic colours.

It has been introduced accidentally to North America and Australia, where the caterpillar is seen as a pest for agriculture. They call this caterpillar "imported cabbageworm", which illustrates how much they know.

To show how little I know: this butterfly is easily confused with the large white and the summer form of the green-veined white, and I may have misidentified some of the butterflies in the photos below.

BTW the first shot is one of my favourite butterfly photos.

^{Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/160s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/1250s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f8, 1/1000s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO100, f5.6, 1/640s}

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 300mm, ISO160, f5.6, 1/500s}

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