Pieridae: Pierinae

07006 Small Bath White Pontia chloridice, (Hübner, 1813)

BF -- (ABH58.000)

Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
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Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 16th June 2010.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 16th June 2010.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 5th June 2011.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 5th June 2011.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 143th June 2013.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 143th June 2013.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 14th June 2013.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 17th June 2014.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 17th June 2014.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 17th June 2014.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 17th June 2014.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 5th June 2011.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 5th June 2011.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 16th June 2010..
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopi Mtns., 16th June 2010..
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 23rd May 2018.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 23rd May 2018.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 23rd May 2018.
Arda valley, Eastern Rhodopis, 23rd May 2018.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
ID tips for separating Small Bath White from Eastern Bath White
ID tips for separating Small Bath White from Eastern Bath White
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies


General Information

In Europe this species only occurs in the Balkan Peninsula, where it is very local and rare in southern half of Bulgaria, in northern Greece and Macedonia. Elsewhere it occurs east to Central Asia.

 

In Bulgaria it can be confused with its cogener, the Eastern Bath White (Pontia edusa), which is widepread and common. The slide among the pictures above points out the differences.


Foodplant(s): Bird Spiderflower (Cleome ornithopodioides)
Flying: Two generations for April to July.
UK Presence: Resident
National status: Vulnerable

Habitat

Hot dry rocky places usually in or near river valleys.

Regional Information

Recorded in 2 (0.1%) of the 1900 10km squares of Bulgaria.

Last recorded in May 2018

Recorded date range (Adult): 23 May to 06 July

Similar Species
Mesta river valley, SW Bulgaria, 6th July 2011.
Mesta river valley, SW Bulgaria, 6th July 2011.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Eastern Bath White Pontia edusa

Vulnerable