green-veined white

artogeia napi

• White or pale yellow wings
   
• Veining ranging from strong green to faint black, depending on sex and time of year
   
• One or two variable black spots on forewing
   
• Under wings powdered yellow as with small white
   
• Broad grey-green stripes along the veins helping to distinguish it from the female orange tip or small white. Both of which it can be mistaken for in flight.
   

Where found

Flowery meadows, especially near woodland where larvae feed on brassicae (cabbage family). Throughout British Isles.
 

When to look for

First appearing in late April.