mustard white

not listed

N4 - Apparently Secure

S4S5 - Secure to Apparently Secure

not listed

The wing uppersides are white with no black spots and no black on the tip.

The wing uppersides on the first brood (in spring) has black dusting near the wing bases, along some of the veins, and at the tip. The underside has some veins conspicuously edged with greenish-black, especially on the hindwing.

The wing uppersides on the second brood (in summer) are white with no dark markings and less or no black dusting. The underside of the forewing is white, the hindwing pale yellow.

Wingspan: 1⅜″ to 2″

Moist, northern deciduous forests, bogs, fens, shrubby wetlands, woodland edges, moist grasslands near woodlands

Two broods: Early May to mid-June and early July to late September

Leaves of plants in the mustard (Brassicaceae) family.

Flower nectar

Sources

7, 20, 21, 29, 30.

Common

Spring Form