Dorset Butterflies

Working to save Dorset's butterflies and moths

Skip to content
  • Home
  • About
  • Get involved
  • Species
  • Places
  • Events
  • News
  • Recording
  • Gallery
  • More…

Whites

A guide to butterfly species found in Dorset

Dorset butterflies in the whites family include:

Bright Yellow butterfly, side view, with points to its wings

Brimstone

View profile
Yellow butterfly with some black marks and one white spot; the black on the top of the upperside is visible through the wing.

Clouded Yellow

View profile
One butterfly with white wings open. The other butterfly is at right angles with underwing showing, which is yellowish with grey veins

Green-veined White

View profile
Whtie butterfly with black tips to wings on a bright pink flower

Large White

View profile
Butterfly iwth bright orange tips to its wings, and a mottled green pattern underneath

Orange Tip

View profile
Side-on view if white butterfly with cream underwings and a black spot visible onthe upper wing.

Small White

View profile
White butterfly, with faint grey markings; side view.

Wood White

View profile

Notes

This website only shows butterflies found in Dorset. All members of the Whites family are found in Dorset.

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • More
  • Click to print (Opens in new window) Print
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky

Dorset butterflies A-Z

  • Adonis Blue
  • Brimstone
  • Brown Argus
  • Brown Hairstreak
  • Chalkhill Blue
  • Clouded Yellow
  • Comma
  • Common Blue
  • Dark Green Fritillary
  • Dingy Skipper
  • Duke of Burgundy
  • Essex Skipper
  • Gatekeeper
  • Grayling
  • Green Hairstreak
  • Green-veined White
  • Grizzled Skipper
  • Holly Blue
  • Large Skipper
  • Large Tortoiseshell
  • Large White
  • Lulworth Skipper
  • Marbled White
  • Marsh Fritillary
  • Meadow Brown
  • Orange Tip
  • Painted Lady
  • Peacock
  • Pearl-bordered Fritillary
  • Purple Emperor
  • Purple Hairstreak
  • Red Admiral
  • Ringlet
  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Silver-studded Blue
  • Silver-washed Fritillary
  • Small Blue
  • Small Copper
  • Small Heath
  • Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
  • Small Skipper
  • Small Tortoiseshell
  • Small White
  • Speckled Wood
  • Wall Brown
  • White Admiral
  • White-letter Hairstreak
  • Wood White
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Bluesky
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • LEGAL

Butterfly Conservation: Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468)
Registered Office: Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5QP
Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268)
Site by Dom Greves Digital