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Where does the Large White live?

Pieris brassicae has 2,604,084 records in 94 countries and territories, from 1748 to 2026. Most records come from United Kingdom.

Large White
Large White — gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY 2.0 · source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaLepidopteraPieridaePieris

When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
United Kingdom 1,871,977
Netherlands 196,494
France 130,835
Belgium 96,448
Switzerland 57,481
Germany 48,198
Denmark 36,822
Sweden 31,500
Finland 18,778
Spain 18,085
Ireland 17,094
Israel 11,742
Austria 9,114
Poland 8,262
Jersey 7,480
Portugal 6,619
Luxembourg 4,404
Norway 4,386
Guernsey 4,363
Italy 3,441
South Africa 2,181
Serbia 1,792
Greece 1,764
Lithuania 1,760
Isle of Man 1,545
Estonia 1,441
Russia 1,434
Türkiye 1,168
Czechia 787
Åland Islands 784
Ukraine 617
Hungary 602
Chile 489
Romania 436
Cyprus 342
Japan 330
India 313
Morocco 257
Bulgaria 219
Croatia 184

Showing the top 40 of 94 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.